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Zucchino da Fiore / San Pasquale - Edible Flower (146-57)
Zucchino da Fiore / San Pasquale - Edible Flower (146-57)
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Zucchino da Fiore / San Pasquale - Edible Flower (146-57)
Zucchino da Fiore / San Pasquale - Edible Flower (146-57)
9 reviews
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Zucchino da Fiore - Heirloom Italian Variety Seeds
Grow authentic Italian zucchini with Zucchino da Fiore, a dual-purpose heirloom flower variety. For its delicious zucchini when pollinated, it’s also the perfect choice for squash blossoms, a delicacy in Italian cuisine. In the United States, these blossoms are often stuffed with cheese, breaded, and fried as appetizers or sliced into ribbons for salads and casseroles. To harvest only the blossoms, cover the plants with row cover to prevent insect pollination, picking the flowers early in the morning when they first open for the best flavor. This variety is a runner, so space the plants about 5 feet apart.
Planting Instructions:
Transplants: Start seeds in individual containers 2-3 weeks before the last frost date and transplant carefully when the soil is warm, avoiding root damage.
Direct Seeding: Grow in hills with 5-6 seeds per 7-8 inch circle, thinning to 2-3 plants. Space hills 5 feet apart. Alternatively, sow 3 seeds per foot in a row and thin to one plant per 12 inches, with rows spaced 6 feet apart.
3-gram packet (approximately 25 seeds). Grow Italian heirloom flowers and enjoy the best of Italian cuisine, right in your garden in the USA!
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Zucchino da Fiore / San Pasquale - Edible Flower (146-57)
Zucchino da Fiore / San Pasquale - Edible Flower (146-57)
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C.C. I just love your business.
I am so happy with all the seeds I have bought from you so far. Thank you.
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N O Settembre Planted in ground and also in pots as starters. In ground did best, pots were not so good. Started off well and got lots of male flowers and maybe 2 big zucchini from each plant, then blossom end rot and powdery mildew and cant seem to find a fix. Tried adjusting watering, added calcium, sprayed for mildew, pruned leaves back. Not doing so good and not many flowers and no more fruits. Likely NOT a great variety for SOUTH texas spring summer season. Will try again in fall with remaining seeds.
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Domenico Super-prolific! I had dozens of plants in my backyard that I had not intended to grow; they could easily take over. Fast grower with some vines 20' long and tons of flower. Also, the zucchini that it did make were green, smooth and squash shaped and delicious.
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karen One morning I picked 75 flowers. Had to find alot of different recipes.
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Joan Tuttle After many years, I have found the best Zucchini da Fiore -- Edible Flower seeds. I have them in pots and every day pick some and saute them, either to use then with scrambled eggs or to freeze for use during the winter. They are extremely large and produce many flowers--I am extremely grateful for Seeds from Italy for finding and offering them to us. I just need other recipes, please.