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courgettes
Bf206
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my climbing (black forest) courgettes seem to be growing well enough indoors. what do people think about getting them into the big wide world, though? maybe another week inside, a week or two in my coldframe then into the ground..?
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My courgettes went out into the cold frame at the beginning of this week
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
thanks dove... How long do you reckon for?
I'm going to plant mine out at the beginning of June providing the weather is reasonable.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
sounds sensible... i've never tried these climbing ones before so interested to see how they turn out...
Mine are in the cold frame now - going out next week - but we've had no frost here for ages - more or less all winter! It does depend so much on the weather and the likelihood of frost, and hence on where you are.
Mine are still in the GH, I'll be planting out beginning of June.
Oops... mine went out into troughs after being hardened off here in the Fens about 3 weeks ago. Despite slug pellets, some were destroyed, so have new seeds germinating to fill in the gaps. The ones that survived are doing well
As an experiment, I took my weakest looking Black Forest yesterday and put it into the cold frame. Quite overcast weather so doubt was a very cold night but either way, today (v gloomy and chilly) it looks happier than inside!
So, reckon I'll take that as a sign to put the rest in too. Will need to make some room... I've got various marigolds in pots bursting out of the coldframe so hoping they can go in pots / the ground now.
Marigolds will be fine outside - they're hardier than courgettes
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.