Summer Squash Production in Miami-Dade County, Florida

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, irrig...

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Main Authors: D. Seal, S. Zhang, P. Dittmar, Yuncong Li, W. Klassen, Q. Wang, T. Olczyk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries 2022-07-01
Series:EDIS
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Online Access:https://journals.flvc.org/edis/article/view/127851
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Summary: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. This revision  June 2022. 
ISSN:2576-0009