{"id":2977,"date":"2017-02-28T00:45:37","date_gmt":"2017-02-28T00:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chickenfish.cc\/bio\/?p=2977"},"modified":"2017-02-28T00:45:37","modified_gmt":"2017-02-28T00:45:37","slug":"zucchini-new-zephyr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chickenfish.cc\/bio\/zucchini-new-zephyr\/","title":{"rendered":"Zucchini – New Zephyr"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sometimes you get a nice surprise when growing vegetables from your own collected seed. One of them is when a seedling displays an interesting new characteristic like colour or shape. In this case a batch of zucchini seeds have grown out to have fruit that is coloured like another old variety called ‘Zephyr’ that has a mixed colour of gold & green. Last year I got a unique plant that had this odd combination. This year I have a batch of them all growing and\u00a0displaying a similar look and shape.\u00a0If this grows true next season – for the second time – then I think i\u2019ve accidentally bred my own new version of zucchini \u2018Zephyr\u2019 the\u00a0unusual multicoloured zucchini\/squash.<\/p>\n

From some quick internet research the original F1 version is based on a crookneck and is quite smooth and seems to be more bulbous & curvy.\u00a0\u00a0And unlike the earlier\u00a0F1 ‘Zephyr’ this one appears to be open pollinated and not require tedious\u00a0manual careful crossing to get more seed resulting in a dead end when seed saving.<\/p>\n

I have never grown the original ‘Zephyr’ so this is definitely an accidental cross and as I regularly grow the heavily ridged ‘Costata Romanesco’ it seems to have worked it’s way into the genetic mix.\u00a0This one\u00a0has the long side ridges from ‘Costata Romanesco’ so it has a star shape when you slice it.<\/p>\n

Of course I now have to a careful isolation cross test with it this year to see if it continues and what types of limitations it has in terms of pollination. It may turn out to be a transitory and ephemeral event but i hope it stays as it is a kind of fun looking vegetable – and it tastes very good and has a nice texture.<\/p>\n

The shape is very classic zucchini and fairly straight and retains the colour layout whatever size it is from tiny to huge & mature.<\/p>\n

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