|
Plant Height
|
Trailer
- Bush varieties up to 60cm/2ft |
|
Time between sowing
and harvesting
|
10-14 weeks
|
|
Sowing time
|
Indoors-
late
April - temperature +19C/66F
Outdoors
-
Late May - Early June - temperature +19C/66F |
|
Where to Sow
|
Indoors
in pots of compost
Outdoors
in containers or open ground Requires
very rich, well drained soil/compost |
|
How to Sow
|
Indoors
- 12mm/1/2"
deep on its side - seed 1 per 7.5cm/3" pot Outdoors
in containers - 2.5cm/1"
deep on its side in large containers (at least 30cm/12inches
wide) or 2 per growbag Outdoors in open ground -
5cm/1"
deep on its side at least 45cm/18 inches apart on all sides. |
|
After Germination
|
Keep well watered.
Protect from slugs. |
|
Growing on -
in Containers
|
Harden
off indoor sown plants then transplant to large containers or growbags,
spacing as above. |
|
Growing on -
in
open ground
|
As
above |
|
Aftercare
|
Pinch out growing tips
of trailing varieties when they reach 60cm/2ft long. Keep very well
watered but only water around the plants and feed with liquid fertiliser once
the fruits begin to form.
|
|
Harvesting
|
Continual
cropping is necessary to prolong the harvesting period. Start cutting
courgettes at about 10cm/4" and Marrows at about 20cm/8".
Cropping only continues until 1st frosts (about 8-12 weeks). |
