Zucchetta Rampicante is an heirloom climbing summer squash popular throughout Italy. Most summer squash have bush-habit growth form, and most summer squash such as zucchinis and yellow crooknecks are Cucurbita pepo varieties. Zucchetta however is a variety of Cucurbita moschata and has a vigorous vining growth habit. C. moschata stems are round in contrast to the distinctly five-sided stems of C. pepo. Zucchetta Rampicante has been described both optimistically as ‘robust’ and pessimistically as ‘aggressive’, climbing up fences, walls, and arbors. The prolific vines yield long cylindrical fruits that can reach 3 feet in length, and a single plant can produce over 20 squash. If vines are not trellised but remain on the ground, the developing fruits will curl around on themselves.
Fruits of Zucchetta Rampicante have firmer texture and nuttier flavor than bush-habit summer squash varieties and range from pale green to beige depending on maturity.
Tromboncino Squash tends to grow in circles around itself when untrellised.
Seeds are widely available throughout the Pacific Northwest and the United States.
Zucchetta goes by so many different names: Tromboncino, Trompetta di Albenga, Tromba d’ Albenga, Zucchino Rampicante, and more.
Seed sources include Territorial Seeds, Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds, The Cook’s Garden, FedCo Seeds, Renee’s Garden Seeds, and West Coast Seeds.
The famous Italian heirloom vining zucchini and pumpkin; long slender 15-inch fruits have a flat bulb at the bottom. They are one of the best eating summer squash: very tender, mild and sweet tasting. The flavor is superb! This squash is also great as winter squash. The Italians use it for stuffing in gnocchi and ravioli; the flesh is rich and flavorful, great for baking and pies! The vines produce good yields of this great all-purpose squash. The mature fruit grow very long. This one is in very high demand at specialty markets.70 days.
Zucchetta Rampicante
Zucchetta Rampicante
Zucchetta Rampicante
Zucchetta Rampicante
