I grow it every year. It does great here. It is C. moschata, so it rarely is bothered by the squash vine borers that bother other types of squash. Or, if they attempt to tunnel into the plant vines and stems, they give up because the vines are solid, not hollow like C. pepo and C. maxima types of squash. I've been growing it for roughly 5 years here and have grown Early Bulam and Teot Bat Put.

I buy the hybrid seed from Kitazawa Seed, which I'll link below. Seed probably also is available from other companies, mostly likely Evergreen Seed which also specializes in oriental varieties.

I usually use regular old yellow crookneck squash for my first summer squash planting because, if I plant it early enough, I can get a good harvest from the early planting before the squash vine borers show up and kill the plants. I usually plant it in early April (sometimes in March if southern OK warms up early) and harvest in May and June. About a month after I plant yellow crookneck, I plant the avocado squash seeds. That way, the avocado squash plants are up, growing, blooming and sometimes even producing before the SVBs arrive in large enough numbers to kill the yellow crookneck.

I've already purchased seed for another variety of Korean squash (shaped like zucchini, not like an avocado) to grow next year. It is on the same page as the avocado squash at the Kitazawa website.

Hope this helps,

Dawn

Summer Squash Seeds At Kitazawa Seed Company

Thank you so much for your help & information!!

I grew some Early Bulam this year, and they really are survivors. I only had a couple of plants make it through the floods in early spring, but the 2 that did survive provided me with quite a few fruits.

Deb Ann, You're welcome.

Kfrinkle, The real miracle is that anything survived all the flooding (and, since then, the flash drought) down here.

How's your SVB season? Have you had more than 2 generations this year?

Dawn

Oh goodness Dawn, I actually decided I was not going to post anything about them since I complain so much about them already. They never let up at all, I saw some in the beginning of October even. They took out quite a few winter squash plants that I have planted in my garden annex, only one Seminole survived. They really could not put a dent in my hybrids, which was great though. I do think that there was about a week in the middle of September where I did not see a SVB, but I did see eggs all the time.