Squash

Pollination of Cucurbita spp. (Squash and Pumpkin) Crops in Florida

Rachel E. Mallinger and Oscar E. Liburd

A Summary of N, P, and K Research with Squash in Florida

George Hochmuth and Ed Hanlon

Summer Squash Production in Miami-Dade County, Florida

D. Seal, S. Zhang, P. Dittmar, Y. C. Li, W. Klassen, Q. Wang, and T. Olczyk

Summer squash is an important vegetable crop in Miami-Dade County. It is grown annually on about 6,000 acres and sold nationwide during the winter in the fresh market. This 16-page fact sheet describes the varieties of summer squash, land preparation and transplanting, what fertilizer to use, irrigation and freeze protection, disease management, insect management, weed management, harvest, and crop rotation.

Long Squash—an Asian Vegetable Expanding in Florida

Guodong Liu, Yuncong Li, David Dinkins, Bonnie Wells, Qingren Wang, and Yuqi Cui

A UF/IFAS numbered Fact Sheet. in support of UF/IFAS Extension program: Plant Systems