The best varieties of zucchini for 2022: a list, pros and cons and how to choose

Zucchini grows quickly, tastes good, you can make salads and canned from them. They are rich in vitamins and minerals. Consider a selection of the best varieties of zucchini for 2022 for growing in home beds. What varieties can be chosen for greenhouses, which ones for regions; selection of varieties according to other characteristics: fruit shape and color, yield, pollination, skin density.

Cultivars for planting in open ground for 2022

Despite the fact that zucchini love heat, they grow successfully in almost all regions of Russia. Most varieties are intended for growing in the usual way - in the beds.

Early ripe zucchini

Tsukesha ripens in just 51 days. It is recommended to grow in the spring under the film and on the beds in the summer. Variety virtues:

• bush form;
• fruit long, up to 40 cm, thickness up to 12 cm;
• weight - 890 g;
• skin smooth, thin, speckled, dark and light green,
• white flesh, creamy middle;
• taste great;
• yield - 11-12 kg per 1 square. m.

Flaws: May be affected by gray mold.

Kuand variety fruits ripen in 52-61 days. The plant is characterized by the following virtues:

• large fruit - 1.1-1.5 kg;
• smooth skin, light green with dark stripes;
• yield - 20.3-24.8 kg/sq. m;
• stable fruiting;
• great taste.

Cons: Moderately resistant to powdery mildew and gray mold.

Mid-ripening

Skvorushka has the following advantages:

• compact bush;
• fruit dark green, speckled, ribbed, medium thickness and length;
• fetal weight - 0.7-1.1 kg;
• medium seeds;
• productivity - 5.8-7.3 kg per square meter;
• cold and drought resistant.

Disadvantages: can only be grown in household plots.

Iskander - table and canning variety. The plant has virtues:

• compact bush;
• club-shaped fruit with neck, greenish skin with white mottling;
• weight - 0.7 kg;
• tender pulp;
• good taste;
• yield - 9.1 kg per sq. m.

Cons of the variety: large seeds.

Late-ripening

Characteristics of the Spaghetti variety:

• semi-climbing bush shape;
• elliptical squash, unripe whitish, ripe - cream color;
• weight - 0.7-1.6 kg;
• pulp is dense, fibrous, juicy, slightly sweet;
• standard yield - 4.9-9.7 kg per sq. m.

Disadvantages of the variety: for cultivation only in household plots.

Variety Ball has spherical fruits with white spotted skin. Features:

• zucchini weight - 0.8-2.1 kg;
• pulp of excellent taste;
• yield - 3.7-11.5 kg per meter, above the standard.

Cons: exactingness in agricultural technology and care.

Best varieties for greenhouses

Zucchini grows well not only in the beds, but also in greenhouse conditions. Early varieties are planted in greenhouses to get the harvest as early as possible.

Masha is an early ripe variety, a bushy plant, small in size. Fruit of classical shape, with unexpressed ribbing, striped, medium in length and width. Pros:

• tender pulp;
• yield - 7.9-8.9 kg.

Not stored for long.

Aral also ripens early. The bush is semi-climbing, the squash is slightly ribbed, greenish, with white mottling. Features:

• weight - 0.5-0.8 kg;
• dense pulp;
• yield per meter - 4.1-10 kg, above the standard.

Not intended for storage.

For different regions

Zucchini is a heat-loving plant, because of this, it does not grow everywhere and bears fruit normally. For cold regions, you need to select varieties that are resistant to adverse weather, cold and humid climates. Any variety can be planted where it is warm.

For Siberia and the Urals

Pharaoh, in addition to cold resistance and early ripeness, has the following advantages:

• bush form;
• weight - 0.8 kg;
• dark skin color,
• yellowish flesh;
• yield - 6.7-15 kg;
• does not become infected with gray mold.

Cons: the skin is fragile, not thick.

Early ripe variety Anchor matures in 41-49 days. Pros:

• average fruit size - 0.9 kg;
• smooth, fair skin
• unsweetened, yellowish flesh;
• yield - 7.5-9.7 kg/sq. m;
• keeping quality - 1 month.

May be affected by rot and powdery mildew.

For Moscow Region

Aeronaut - early maturing, ripens in 46 days:

• weight - 1.3 kg;
• smooth surface, dark skin;
• bark fragile;
• unsweetened, firm flesh;
• small seed chamber;
• harvest - 7 kg.

Susceptible to viruses and powdery mildew.

Golda - mid-early bush zucchini. Pros:

• medium sized fruit;
• weight - 0.5-1.3 kg;
• dense but tender flesh;
• yield - 4.5-5.7 kg, higher than the standards.

Designed for cultivation only in household plots.

For mid lane

Karisma - an early ripe variety, virtues:

• light skin;
• compact bush;
• average weight - 0.6-0.7 kg;
• commercial yield - 3.9-10.1 kg, above the standard.

Recommended for commodity production only.

Astoria ripens early, plants are compact. Pros:

• average fruit size;
• weight - 0.7-1.8 kg each;
• dense, creamy flesh;
• yield - 4-5.5 kg, exceeds the standard.

Resistant to diseases.

By what criteria can I still choose?

Zucchini skin color can be not only traditional: light or dark, but also bright and unusual - yellow.

Growers like this color, they even make jam from such fruits.

Yellow zucchini

Zolotinka - early ripe, semi-climbing variety. Pros:

• medium size - 0.7-1kg;
• tender pulp;
• crop - 5.2 kg.

Cons: unfriendly fruiting.

Orange is a round zucchini, up to 15 cm in diameter. Pros:

• early, 40 days ripe;
• harvest - 6 kg;
• sweet taste;
• can be eaten fresh.

Disadvantages: not stored for a long time.

Spruce varieties

Spruce forms are convenient due to their compactness, bushes do not take up much space, they are easy to care for, collect fruits: the lashes do not crush, remain intact.

The handsome black is grown in the beds. The fruits are used for cooking and canning. Features:

• zucchini medium-sized, uniform dark green color, shiny, ribbed;
• juicy flesh;
• fetal weight - 0.8-1.7 kg each;
• from a meter of beds you can collect 3.9-8.4 kg.

The minus of the variety can be called the dark color of the skin, which not all vegetable growers like.

Roller - an early ripening zucchini, can bear fruit for 36-38 days. Pros:

• shortened internodes;
• zucchini smooth, oval-shaped, light green;
• medium dense pulp;
• weight - 0.9-1.3 kg;
• yield - 9.1 kg;
• suitable for recycling.

Disadvantage: large seeds, powdery mildew.

Crop varieties

Yield is one of the main criteria that influences the choice of gardeners. Consider varieties whose originators claim that more than 15 kg can be harvested from a bush per season.

Yellow-fruited can give, with the right agricultural technology, from 1 square. m up to 20 kg. Variety Pros:

• matures in 50 days;
• disease resistant;
• few leaves;
• creamy pulp;
• average weight reaches 900g

Cons: not designed for storage.

Russian size can produce fruits up to 1 m in length, total yield up to 30 kg. Other features:

• center pink-orange, not stringy;
• universal application.

Cons: large fruits are difficult to use fresh.

Self-pollinated zucchini

Gardeners prefer self-pollinated zucchini, because they have better ovary formation, it is not necessary to plant pollinators nearby.

Kavili is known to many vegetable growers, it can be used to cook dishes, caviar, preserve. Pros:

• first collection for 40-42 days;
• friendly maturation;
• whitish, mottled skin color;
• juicy, greenish flesh;
• weight - 320 g;
• harvest stable - 4.6 kg each;

Recommended for cultivation only in household plots.

Partenon - Dutch selection, compact bush. Pros:

• harvest - up to 15 kg;
• early ripeness;
• duration of fruiting;
• greenish juicy flesh, dark skin;
• you can eat zucchini raw.

Cons: Do not leave seeds for propagation.

Soft-skinned varieties

White Bush is a Dutch early maturing variety. Pros:

• ripening in 1.5 months;
• presentation;
• smooth skin;
• creamy flesh;
• resistance to fungal diseases.

It is not recommended to store zucchini for storage.

Genovese is an early Italian variety. Pros:

• can be harvested on day 35;
• fruits do not grow coarse for a long time;
• weight - 0.9-1.7 kg.
• do not get sick in high humidity;
• can be grown in beds and greenhouses.

Short storage is a disadvantage of the variety.

Zucchini is easy to grow, they do not need special agricultural techniques, just watering, fertilizing and loosening. Most cultivars set fruit well; so that the ovary continues to form, you need to pick off young zucchini in time. Overripe ones will be overgrown and fibrous, tasteless and will not allow new fruit to grow. You can't get a good harvest from such bushes. Harvested zucchini can be eaten immediately fresh, for example, to make salads, can be sent for processing, for conservation or put into storage. In a cold dark place, with moderate humidity, they can be stored for at least a month. Late varieties can be stored longer.

Seeds of varietal zucchini can be left for propagation, they are perfectly stored after drying, they germinate easily in warm soil. On a personal plot, it is enough to grow several bushes of climbing or bush forms, which will provide the average family with a harvest for the whole season.

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