What's your favorite yellow crookneck squash?

I love these, but have never grown them [been in a tomato and pepper frenzy last few years] Have limited space and I'm the only one that will be eating them so want it to be real tasty but not too big. Any suggestions? Thanks!
PS- This will be for 2007, too late for me this year.

Best taste- the open pollinated Yellow summer crookneck sold under several names like Giant summer Crookneck, yellow summer crookneck etc http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/49972/index.html

Best producer , and still good tasting the hybrid Horn of Plenty http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/61051/index.html

Good producer but not as productive or tasty as Horn of Plenty - Dixie http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/61053/index.html

This message was edited Aug 28, 2006 2:34 PM

This message was edited Aug 28, 2006 2:34 PM

I second Farmerdill's vote with the OP Crookneck! Best squash ever!

They taste 'squashier'....folks don't realize that they have a wonderful taste even when they get a bit bigger than the normal 3" or so that's the standard size for harvest.

I've been known to peel off the tough skins and slice the seed cavity out and cook the inner hull....still mighty tasty.

They're great when a bit overgrown and sliced thin for pickles too...I add the colorful slices to about any pickle concoction I can stir up...really nice.

Thanks to you both! Sounds like I'll go with the OP...I love to slice them in half lengthwise, a little olive oil and some herbs and grill them, great steamed with fresh dill.

We have been very happy with the taste and texture of "horn of plenty". However, I think my plant is giving up on me.

How do you know when they are overgrown? Also, my plant is dying from what looks to be powdery mildew...it's on all the leaves and some have died already. Is the squash still ok to eat?

When they get tough and hard. Squash will be ok as long as they are tender. You might want to look at a powdery mildew resistant cultivar for future planting. It can can be controlled (before it gets on all the leaves) with fungicides even simple ones like baking soda, powdered milk, copper sulphate etc.

That sounds simple enough:) Thank you!

Farmerdill
can you recommend both a yellow and green summer squash that may be mildew resistant? i am in 7a

http://extension.unh.edu/pubs/HGPubs/pmrpsv.pdf I have not grown all of these. In fact the only one that I have grown is Fancycrook. http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/93424/index.html which did not perform as well as Horn of Plenty or Dixie for me. Note tho, that I grow summer squash as an early crop. Don't usually get Powdery Mildew until late in the season, so it does not bother the summer squash. I don't even try a fall crop. Ambassador is probably the best known of the Zucchini, but I have not grown it. http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/65597/index.html