black forest climbing courgette

[spennysaint]

Has anybody tried black forest climbing courgette. I was thinking about trying it in my garden this year as haven't enough room for normal courgette. However found out on sunday that i have an allotment and get keys on saturday, all my planning for this year is for my tiny garden as didn't think i'd have an allotment - back to the drawing board! So basically what i really want to know is it this variety worth trying?

Claire

[amandaandherveg]

My neighbour tried them last year and kindly gave one to me. It was doing really well then a gust of wind whipped it out of the ground and down the garden - I was gutted.

They grew well for her - she tried one in the greenhouse and a couple outside but commented that she wasn't particularly impressed by it's climbing abilities.

[Sue]

Spennysaint
I tried it last year and wasn't impressed with its climbing ability either! Also yield and flavour were not to my taste.
Luckily had also grown my favourite Trieste White from Real Seeds and I'm going back to that one again this year.
These are the pale Lebanese type, far less watery than the thin green courgettes and having something of an avocado texture to them. Very prolific, got 147 courgettes from two plants...
These are well worth trying, don't take up too much space either, especially considering the yield.
I will be experimenting this year with Clarita from Marshalls which is also a Lebanese type.
best wishes
Sue

[amandaandherveg]

Very prolific, got 147 courgettes from two plants...

I'm going to look for some of these.....yumm!

[Alison]

Grew one of the climbing ones the other year and basically they don't really climb but it's a great way of selling the sprawling habit that some have naturally. Personally I found it quite productive and a nice taste but not worth the over inflated price of the seed and I'd have been well annoyed if I'd actually paid for them rather than got them in a swap.

[magz.mccarthy]

Very prolific, got 147 courgettes from two plants...

Wow! I was warned that courgettes were high yielding, but that's insane! What floor area did these plants take up?

[JamesA]

Damnit Sue, you just made my buy more seeds after finding the Real Seeds site!
The Trieste White sound great, and many other interesting things on their site.

[zazen999]

Does this courgette taste in any way chocolatty or like cherries?

[lyndap]

I grew this climbing courgette when first released but wasnt at all impressed.If you train a trailing courgette upwards(planted in large tub and trained up several canes )they do better! They only taste chocolatey if cooked in choc courgette cake!!!

[spennysaint]

Trieste White from Real Seeds and I'm going back to that one again this year.
These are the pale Lebanese type, far less watery than the 
thin green courgettes and having something of an avocado texture to them. 
Very prolific, got 147 courgettes from two plants...

they sound good, i'm going to try them, Thanks for replies everybody