Do courgette plants grow roots...

[CADS]

Hi

Can someone tell me if courgettes plants grow roots from their main stems?

I have some very leggy courgette plants that I was thinking of potting up to their seed leaves so that they are more stable.

Thank you
CADS

[Two_Sheds]

Yes, replant them up to their seed leaves.

[CADS]

Thanks. Off to do that now.

[rustylady]

Yes, you can do this with any type of squash, also tomatoes. Even with brassicas, it's always to plant or pot on with the seed leaves level with the soil.

[Alice]

Mmmmm ! Tomatoes , brassicas and much more I would plant to their necks - but curcubits ! In my experience they get neck rot and I'm always careful with cucumber, squash and courgettes to make sure they are not replanted deeper than they were . In fact I leave them a little proud when planting on.
Interesting to see what others think.

[Paulottie]

Yes Alice, I agree with you.

[Nicos]

I wonder if CADS is just potting them on???
I think they'd be less likely to rot in that case.
We plant out our courgettes on mounds to prevent rotting of the stems, but whilst still in pots it's easier to control the watering and environment.

We have 4 leggy courgette in pots and they're too small to plant out yet ( and in my mind it's too early for our frost-pocket of a lottie).

Have to admit I'm not sure whether to pot them on deeper or not.......

[womble]

Funny I was thinking about this last night. Sometimes the more you know and think about something, the more complicated it gets. I can't remember what I've done with cucumbers etc in the past, I've just planted them, but yesterday I had to earth up 2 squash I had just put out the day before, due to the high wind rocking them about.
Just after that, I read that you should plant to the same height as previously planted......... yet the plants were dying with the wind.....

[CADS]

Thanks everyone.

The courgettes are going live in containers for the duration of their lives and yesterday I was potting them up from a 3" pot to 5" pots. I will make sure I don't plant them any deeper when they go into their final pots.

[Alison]

We plant out our courgettes on mounds to prevent rotting of the stems, but whilst still in pots it's easier to control the watering and environment.

Funny, I always plant my courgettes in dips so that when I water the water is directed directly to the plant roots. Read that it was a good thing to do years ago and it's always worked well for me. Not had any problems with them rotting but have experienced stem rot on cucumbers far too many times for my liking

[Jimmy]

When planting courgettes I always insert at different angles lots of short ( 12" ) bits of old broken canes between the stems. This seems to give them some stability in windy conditions. Also I prefer the gold ones, they seem to have firmer flesh. Finally mine always seem to crop madly and then either get some form of rust or just stop cropping. So I try and sow them at succestional intervals.