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Courgettes - anyone put theirs out yet?

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  • Rob LockwoodRob Lockwood Posts: 380

    Aye up Tootles: getting fed up repotting actually, so might give it a go!  If they cark it, can I come and get some of yours for the pot?!

  • TootlesTootles Posts: 1,469

    Defo me owd fruit!! 

    Hoping for some good'uns this year. I normally grown them in large pots with mixed results, so giving three of them a 1m sq bed to share.  

  • Zoomer44Zoomer44 Posts: 3,267

    I only sowed courgettes two weeks ago...image... just before my holidays. I'm a tad bit disappointed with them too, only one seed germinated whilst I was away, hopefully more have germinated, will see when I go down to the plot tomorrow.    . 

    Last edited: 27 May 2016 21:32:48

  • TootlesTootles Posts: 1,469

    I hope they'll be more little seedlings waiting for you Zoomer. 

    i spotted some for sale in a local garden centre so if all else fails you could still maybe buy some...but I know it's not quite as satisfying as growing your own from seed. 

    I've only ever had a bumper crop once when I lived in London and sowed them into a patch at the end of the garden. Had loads that year.  I've had success with them since but never as good as that year.  I'm told that consistent watering is the trick. 

  • Mine have been out of the GH for a week now and have coped fine :) (in Suffolk) 

    Kerri

  • a1154a1154 Posts: 1,108

    I have planted a pot full of courgettes and one of cucumbers, and i cant remember which is which - they look very similar.....doh!

  • Guernsey Donkey2Guernsey Donkey2 Posts: 6,713

    You will soon recognize them once they start to grow a1154. The cucumbers seem to have little light green tendrils that grow out to support the plant on bamboos or other supports and the courgettes are lower growing. They both need similar care with plenty of water and feeding.

  • Im in Durham and threw caution to the winds a week ago. Both seem fine!

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  • Put my mine out in a pot last weekend (also put toms in grow bags) and seem fine despite some v heavy downpours. I'm near Southend in Essex, so virtually driest and warmest place in England. 

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