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    Root Depth ?

    Helloy i Was wondering how deep the roots of a courgette grow? as i have two places i could plant my two plants. one is a small raised bed which currently has my winter onions and garlic in and the other is a largeish patio planter bag (would take both plants) but im worryed that the base of the patio planter would cause problems for the plants... but i would need to wait till my onions and garlic are ready before i can use the raised bed

    any ideas ?
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    From my experience, like a lettuce... About 6 - 10"

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    • #3
      I remember reading a book about watering plants which showed that some roots of plants go surprisingly deep. Cabbages were over 6' for example.

      So whilst courgettes would survive and possibly thrive in a container, lots of us use Morrison buckets, they are then at the mercy of the person looking after them. On a hot day watering 3 times might not be sufficient.

      Check this out for more detailed information.

      Courgette roots, 30 - 60cm.
      Whether you think you can or whether you think you can't, you are probably right.
      Edited: for typo, thakns VC

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      • #4
        My courgettes were a disaster last year in buckets, I'm putting them in open ground again this time. It's a nightmare keeping up with the watering when they're in containers. I'd go for the raised bed I think if I were you.
        Granny on the Game in Sheffield

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        • #5
          Originally posted by singleseeder View Post
          roots of plants go surprisingly deep. Cabbages were over 6' for example.
          I've never seen a cabbage root deeper than a foot
          All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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          • #6
            I was reading my Alys Fowler Edible garden book the other day and she says that courgettes need a minimum of 18inches depth.
            Location....East Midlands.

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            • #7
              I think in the case of courgettes and squashes in general it's not just about the depth, they need space around them too, you can't plant them too close together.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by singleseeder View Post

                Check this out for more detailed information.
                The link's broken. Try this Irrigating Vegetable Crops.

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                • #9
                  There's a bit of a guide to root depths here:

                  Root Depth Guide for Vegetable Container Gardening | eHow.com
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                  • #10
                    I grow my courgettes successfully in pots. Approx dims 18" dia x 15" deep one per pot. Even at this size you have to check every day if they need water and on hot days twice a day at least.

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                    • #11
                      How about growing them in grow bags with ring culture type pots? - like these: Botanico Let's Grow Growbag Watering Pots (Set of 3): Amazon.co.uk: Garden & Outdoors or http://www.amazon.co.uk/Growbag-Pots...6060257&sr=1-4

                      I'm thinking of these for tomatoes, peppers, courgettes and squash. Has anybody used them?

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                      • #12
                        Last year I grew courgettes in our now redundant recycling boxes neighbours gave me their boxes as well so to me that was one good thing that came out of us having another wheely bin.
                        Location....East Midlands.

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                        • #13
                          Well the veg planter bag is only 6 inches deep looks like it will be in the raised bed Which means that ihave to wait un till my onions and garlic are out..... will the courgettes be okay till then ? they are both quite large one is outside in a flower bucket and one inside which is younger and no so big. ?


                          Hmmm If its not okay i wonder how easy it would be to sneek another bed in the back garden .... Mmmmmm
                          Only after the last tree has been cutdown Only after the last river has been poisoned Only after the last fish has been caught Only then will you find
                          That money cannot be eaten
                          Cree indian

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                          • #14
                            Can't you go and buy some big planters Bexy? (pound shop)
                            All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Two_Sheds View Post
                              I've never seen a cabbage root deeper than a foot
                              When we dig up veggies, many of the roots break off and are left in the soil. I have just found this

                              on Soilandhealth.org (ROOT DEVELOPMENT OF VEGETABLE CROPS BY JOHN E. WEAVER Professor of Plant Ecology, University of Nebraska AND WILLIAM E. BRUNER Instructor in Botany, University of Nebraska) about cabbage;

                              "Mature plants have a working level of 5 feet, to which depth the soil is well ramified with a profuse network of absorbing rootlets. Thus a single plant draws upon more than 200 cubic feet of soil for water and nutrients."

                              The same book describes a young radish, with 5 leaves, having roots that reach down 22".
                              Whether you think you can or whether you think you can't, you are probably right.
                              Edited: for typo, thakns VC

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