whats happening to my courgette

[flopsy]

my courgette plant has been growing in greenhouse and its huge . it has not had flowers on and it has a piece about 3 foot long and some curly bits and other things growing off it
see photos.

[Potstubsdustbins]

Silly question are you sure its a courgette?

The curly bits are tendrills produced by a climbing plant to attach itself to such as a trellis, as far as I can see the other growths look like flower buds.

I have to say its the most cucumber looking courgette I have ever seen

Colin

[flopsy]

will have to check label

[veggiechicken]

Ermmmmmm, that's how courgettes grow, Flopsy, they trail - apart from the bush type courgettes that are more compact. The curly bits are for climbing up things, as a cucumber does. You can use this to your advantage if you put a few stakes in and train the plant up them. Do you know what sort of courgette it is?

[Alison]

Most courgettes that people grow these days do tend to be bush varieties with the more trailing varieties being marrows or summer / winter squashes. The bush ones tend to be much more compact but the trailing ones can go on forever

[rustylady]

I think we really need to know what variety it is. Did you sow it yourself or did you buy a plant?

[lottie dolly]

My bet is on a cue as well,looks like growth comming from the leaf joints,in the past i have has squash trail a bit,but not like that,unless it is extremly leggy,could be the labels have got mixed up in the shop,

[flopsy]

i have had another look and i didn't have a label on it .i have courgettes growing and they look a bit similar on the leaves. this the first time i have grown these.

i grew it from seed. i got the seeds bought for me and if its a courgette it is called courgette all green bush. packet of seeds are called kings seed.
if its a cucumber the packet is cucumber marketmore76. and the packet of seeds are called country value

[rustylady]

Right, it's definitely not a bush courgette, so that leaves you with cucumber marketmore.

[Potstubsdustbins]

As I suspected now all you need to do is stick a cane in your morrisons bucket and carefully tie in the plant, jobs a goodun.

Colin

[WillyNelson]

If it helps, I have a cucumber in my greenhouse that is doing an exceptionally good impression of a butternut squash. Trailing all over the floor and producing little butternut shaped cucs

[Jeanied]

Playful things, cucurbits.

[binley100]

Mine don't seem to be playing...........

[Bren In Pots]

Mines playing hidey until the sun comes out.

[Jeanied]

Yep - they don't always play nicely