Black Beauty Zucchini | Heirloom Premium Summer Squash Seeds

The Black Beauty Zucchini Summer Squash is a highly productive, award-winning heirloom variety that has been a favorite for generations due to its exceptional yields and delicious flavor. It produces dark, glossy green fruits with crisp, tender, creamy-white flesh. They are best enjoyed when picked young and slender. An incredibly versatile summer staple that can be grilled, sautéed, baked, or eaten raw in salads!

Germination: 5–10 days

Maturity: 35–45 days after Transplanting

Genus: Cucurbita pepo

Quantity: 25 Premium Heirloom Seeds

Appearance: Produces highly uniform, straight, and slender cylindrical fruits with an exceptionally dark, glossy green skin that appears almost black. The interior features a striking, firm, creamy-white flesh.

Flavor & Uses: Brightly sweet, tender, and mild in flavor with notably thin skin that requires no peeling. Incredibly versatile in the kitchen—excellent for fresh salads, steaming, quick sautés, grilling, or shredding into moist zucchini breads and muffins.

Growth Habit: A classic, vigorous, semi-upright heirloom bush variety rather than a sprawling vine, making it compact and highly manageable. It grows to about 12-24 inches tall, making it a perfect space-saving choice for raised beds, traditional rows, or large patio containers.

Growing Notes: Start seeds indoors 3–4 weeks before the last frost, or sow outdoors 1/2–1 inch deep after frost when soil reaches 70–85°F. Plant in full sun and rich, well-draining soil. Water at the base to keep soil evenly moist and leaves dry, helping prevent mildew.

Harvest Note: Pick regularly when fruits are young, tender, and roughly 6-8 inches long for peak texture and flavor. Frequent harvesting encourages the plant to continuously and heavily produce fresh squash all summer long until the first frost.

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