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courgettes
Mandy12
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in Fruit & veg
I have been given 2 courgette plants that are already full of golf ball sized round fruits. I have never grown them before and don't know the variety. Any ideas when they will be ready to harvest? Thanks.
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I think you can harvest courgettes from when they're really quite young. if you've got a few already, why not pick one now to see If it's ready?
Hi I have grown floridor yellow variety which I grow no bigger than a tennis ball and they are lovely however you have to keep picking and feeding which with all the comfrey I have in my allotment is the main feeder
happy gardening
I grow a variety named Tondo di Piacenza which has round fruit, pick them when they are tennis ball size they are beautifully juicy something like a cross between a courgette and melon.
I pick the normal cylindrical ones when 4" (100mm) long, which is shorter than in the shops. I find small ones are firmer and tastier. I would guess you should harvest at no bigger than 3" but why not try various sizes till you find what you like?