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Yellow zucchini can become a real decoration for every garden. Its fruits, with a shade from light yellow to orange, not only look bright and original, but also have an excellent taste. The shape and size of different varieties also differ and sometimes surprise experienced gardeners. Growing yellow zucchini is no more difficult than green analogues. Due to their external and taste advantages, as well as their ease of care, these vegetables are becoming increasingly popular.
For fresh consumption
There are a number of yellow zucchini that have excellent taste: their flesh is crispy, juicy, and sweetish. Due to such taste qualities, the fruits of these varieties are recommended to be consumed raw, which makes them the most beneficial for the human body. The most popular varieties of yellow squash that are great for raw consumption are listed below.
Gold Rush F1
One of the most famous yellow zucchini. It has an amazing taste of the pulp: it is very tender, sweet, juicy. The size of the zucchini is small: length up to 320 cm, weight up to 200 g. The yield of the variety is quite high - up to 12 kg/m2. This allows you not only to eat vegetables raw, but also to preserve them for the winter.
The plant is grown mainly in open areas.Seeds are sown in May, with a frequency of no more than 3 pcs/m2. The fruits of this Dutch hybrid are shown in the photo below.
Goldline F1
Czech hybrid, early ripening. From the moment the seed is sown until fruiting, just over 40 days pass. The juicy, sweet pulp of this zucchini is great for eating raw.
Smooth fruits of golden yellow color do not exceed 30 cm in length. Zucchini yield reaches 15 kg/m2. Seeds are planted in open areas in May.
Sunlight F1
This hybrid is a representative of the French selection. Zucchini fruits are small (up to 18 cm long, weighing up to 200 g). The surface of the zucchini is smooth, cylindrical, golden yellow in color. It is recommended to sow seeds of this variety in May in open areas. The fruit ripening period is 40-45 days.
The plant is very compact and can be planted at the rate of 4-6 bushes per 1 m2 soil. The yield of the variety reaches 12 kg/m2.
Raw zucchini is easily digestible, has low calorie content and is included in many dietary dishes. The microelement composition of yellow zucchini is characterized by a high content of carotene, potassium, magnesium, vitamins PP, C, B2, B6. Such benefits of vegetables, combined with excellent taste, make the above varieties especially valuable.
High-yielding varieties
Zucchini is an excellent vegetable for canning. Thanks to its neutral taste, not only pickles are prepared from it, but also jams and compotes.For winter harvesting, it is best to grow high-yielding varieties that will allow you to get a sufficient amount of vegetables in a small area of soil. The most productive yellow zucchini are:
Yellowfruited
An early ripening variety, the fruits of which ripen in 45-50 days after sowing the seed. It is grown in open ground and is resistant to a number of diseases. With timely watering, fertilizing and loosening, the yield of the variety can reach 20 kg/m2.
The plant is compact, with a small number of leaves. Its seeds are sown in May-June. At 1 m2 It is recommended to place no more than 3 zucchini in the soil.
The fruits of this variety are bright yellow and cylindrical in shape. The surface of the zucchini is slightly ribbed and smooth. The pulp is dense, cream-colored. The average weight of one zucchini reaches 900 g.
Anchor
An early ripening variety, the ripening of the fruits of which requires no more than 50 days from the date of sowing the seeds in open ground. The crop is resistant to cold and drought, which allows you to get a yield of up to 15 kg/m2 regardless of weather conditions. It is recommended to sow seeds in May; in this case, harvesting lasts until September.
The bush of this variety is compact, weakly branching. Recommended sowing frequency 4 plants per 1 m2.
Yellow zucchini of this variety are large, cylindrical in shape, weighing more than 900 g. Their surface is smooth and the skin is thin. A distinctive feature of the variety is the increased dry matter content in the pulp. A photo of this zucchini can be seen below.
Russian size
This variety is truly “Hercules” among all other zucchini. Its size surprises even experienced gardeners and farmers: the length of the zucchini reaches 1 meter, weight up to 30 kg.With such a size of the fruit, it is even difficult to imagine what the yield of the plant as a whole could be. It takes about 100 days after sowing the seed for its fruits to ripen.
Orange zucchini variety “Russian size” require special growing conditions: at the end of April, the seeds are planted as seedlings. The plant is planted upon the onset of stable warm weather, without the threat of night frosts. Zucchini needs regular watering and feeding.
Zucchini has pink-orange flesh, tender, without any coarse fibers. Used for cooking and canning.
The above high-yielding varieties are not distinguished by high taste, however, the volume of fruits allows not only preparing seasonal dishes from this vegetable, but also storing it in sufficient quantities for the winter.
Unusual yellow zucchini
Yellow zucchini can amaze not only with its unique, excellent taste or harvest size, but also with the original shape of the fruit. You'll probably be able to surprise your neighbors with the following varieties of zucchini:
Pear-shaped
An early ripening variety, the fruits of which resemble a large pear in appearance. The uniqueness of such zucchini lies in the fact that the seeds are concentrated in the lower part of the fruit, and most of the pulp does not contain them at all.
The zucchini is yellow, up to 23 cm long, weighing up to 1.3 kg. Its peel is very thin and rough. The pulp has an exceptional aroma, is juicy, dense, and orange in color.
The crop is grown in open ground. It takes just over 50 days for the fruit to ripen. You can evaluate the external qualities of the zucchini by looking at the photo below.
Banana
Who said bananas don't grow in mid-latitude climates? They are perfectly adapted to our latitudes, considering that “Banana” is a variety of zucchini.
Before the onset of biological maturity, the fruits of this variety do not contain a seed chamber, which can be seen in the photo below. Young zucchini is very juicy, crispy, sweet, with a specific aroma and taste.
The lashes of this plant can reach 3-4 meters, so the frequency of sowing should not exceed 1 bush per 1 m2 soil. The vegetable is up to 70 cm long and ripens within 80 days after sowing the seed. However, as a rule, it is consumed before full ripening. A special feature of the variety is its excellent shelf life, which allows zucchini to be stored for a long time without processing.
Spaghetti
Zucchini of this variety is not so much surprising in appearance as in its internal filling: their flesh looks like spaghetti, which allows chefs to show their culinary imagination in preparing some dishes. You can see an example of such a unique fruit in the photo below.
Externally, the fruit has a smooth, cylindrical shape, colored yellow. The length of the zucchini reaches 30 cm, weight is about 1.5 kg. The disadvantage of this variety is its rough, hard peel.
Bush plant with long vines. For the fruits of this variety to ripen, it takes more than 110 days from the day the seed is sown. The fruiting period is quite long until September. The crop is grown mainly in open ground.
An analogue of this variety is yellow zucchini of the “Spaghetti raviolo” variety. Their flesh also has a unique appearance.
Orange
Another “fruit” in the garden could be the Orange F1 hybrid.This name, first of all, demonstrates the external qualities of the zucchini: yellow, round, up to 15 cm in diameter. The variety is early ripening. Its fruits ripen 40 days after sowing the seed. Productivity reaches 6 kg/m2. The unique sweetish taste and juiciness of the pulp allow you to consume the vegetable in a fresh, unprocessed form.
You can find out more about growing this variety in the video:
Pineapple
A variety of yellow zucchini that allows you to prepare the vegetable in such a way that its taste and external qualities will resemble canned pineapples. Its flesh is dense, juicy, crispy, with a sweetish aftertaste. Zucchini ripen 40-45 days after sowing the seed.
The plant is bushy, without vines. Sown at the rate of 3 bushes per 1 m2 soil. The yield of the variety reaches 10 kg/m2.
Conclusion
Yellow zucchini is widespread in our gardens. In addition to the well-known and unique varieties listed above, there are other varieties, for example, Atena Polka F1, Pinocchio, Zolotinka, Yellow Stars, Zolotoy and others. They do not have any special original differences in shape or taste, but are perfectly adapted to growth in mid-climatic latitudes and are capable of producing quite a decent harvest.
For information on how to properly grow a rich harvest of tasty, healthy yellow zucchini, you can watch the recommendations given in the video:
