courgettes

[uulwyn]

Hi,

I am thinking about growing courgettes in pots next year, what size pot should i sow/plant them into?also what variety are best?

Thanks

[elsie-scot]

Hi, first year I have grown, so probably some more expert advice, but I started off in little seed tray, then moved up to 3", thinking I then went straight to their final home, one plant per pot - it's about 9". They were courgette zucchini. Don't need lots of plants, they are plentiful in amount courgettes they produce.

Lots of different types - can have diff colours, shapes.

[rustylady]

Courgette seeds I sow straight into 3" pots. Then transplant into their final home. You would need I would think at least a 9" pot. They can also be grown in troughs or grobags.

[maytreefrannie]

This year I grew Striata d'Italia and they are producing loads - I've always found courgettes to be good producers but this is the first year I've had a 'glut.'

They grow long and fairly thin, good shaped courgettes. I can recommend this variety.

I planted them from 3" pots out to the ground - I felt the plants get too big for pots, but I reckon a really large pot or one of those big plastic trugs would hold them.

[ginger ninger]

I've gown mine in 30 liter bendy buckets this year, and they've done really well, I'm like rusty lady i start mine off in 3" pots then i pot them on into there final position, i've grown " EIGHT BALL" its a bush it has green round cricket ball size courgettes and "SUMMER BALL" a bush as well but yellow, very productive. I'm growing a climbing courgette next year called "BLACK FOREST".

[uulwyn]

Thankyou all for the advice. I think what i will do is plant 1 plant to a 15l pot. Is that suffiecient do you think?

[ginger ninger]

If it out grows the 15 liter pot.. you can always transplant it in to a bigger one.