Summary: A truly outstanding and attractive All America Award winner. Gold Rush is easy to grow, producing a gnereous crop of delicately flavored, golden fruit, all season long. The fruit is delicious when baked, boiled, fried, steamed or raw and when used in a variety of recipes. Zucchini can be frozen.
When and where to plant: Select sunny location and plant in late spring after soil warms. Soil should be cultivated, enriched with vegetable food and organic matter, firmed over the seed, and kept moist.
Care: Keep soil moist and feed monthly. Don't worry when first blossoms fail to set fruit.
Harvesting: Pick continuously when fruit is young and tender, to ensure a steady supply.
Health Note: Contain Calcium, Iron, and Vitamins A1, B1, B2, Niacin and C.
Planting
Depth |
Seed
Per Group (Hill) |
Spacing Between Seeds |
Spacing of Groups |
Days To
Germination |
Thin to Plants Per Group |
Days To
Maturity |
| 1 in / 3 cm |
3-6 |
3 in / 8 cm |
3-4 ft /
91-122 cm |
10-14 |
3 |
50-60 |