For yellow summer squash, it's hard to beat Early Summer Crookneck, an oldie but goodie. Delicious, sweet, and extraordinarily prolific -- but the vines grow all over the place, and the skin can be warty sometimes. Early Prolific Straightneck has been more temperamental for us and not as sweet. There seem to be a lot of excellent hybrid yellow crookneck squash out now that might be worth a try. For zucchini, my favorite is Spineless Beauty. Black Beauty and Contender are pretty good, too. Magda is a tasty cousa type. I haven't grown any of them in containers.
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