courgette question

[rachel-j-86]

hi this is my first post on here. i have grown courgettes for the past 3 years and this year has been my most successful so far, however i did decide to try both yellow and green courgettes, i lost a few plants when they were small and stupidly didnt keep the labels for the colours, i now have 4 plants all growing green courgettes. i assume this is because the yellow 1s were unfortunatly the plants that died, but i did wonder if kept together when the flowers polinate would the courgette color be affected by green corgette plants nearby?? this mite be a silly question as i dont know how it works.

[zazen999]

Yellow courgettes are yellow from the time they start growing......looks like you lost your yellow ones. Have you any seeds left for a late tentative sowing?

[rachel-j-86]

i do but didnt know if it would work this late, wev been having some pretty awful weather and im just glad these seem to be going well and im not sure we could handle more courgettes if they did work, il try again next year - and remember to label them!!
thanks for the help tho

[NOG]

Isn't it fun when all the writing comes off and you have to work out what is what.

[aplaceinthesun]

Zazen - is it really still possible to sow courgettes as late as now ???? I am a total newbie this year, sadly I lost my courgette 'babies' due to having to be away from home expectedly due to some bad family news. I am on the South Coast and have a greenhouse . Thanks for any advice.

[Nicos]

I'd have thought it was too late- but what the heck- why not give it a go??
The speed that my plants have grown in the past 3 weeks is crazy...if we get an Indian summer you'll be smiling!!!!

[Incy]

Zazen - is it really still possible to sow courgettes as late as now ???? I am a total newbie this year, sadly I lost my courgette 'babies' due to having to be away from home expectedly due to some bad family news. I am on the South Coast and have a greenhouse . Thanks for any advice.

If I'd lost mine I'd give it a try, start them in the greenhouse and see what happens. Good luck

[aplaceinthesun]

Thanks Incy and Nicos , off to the greenhosue now .... have the space , have the seeds, have pots, have compost, so nothing ventured nothing gained ! .... just need to cross my fingers for an Indian summer now !

P.S. I love this forum !

[Incy]

Thanks Incy and Nicos , off to the greenhosue now .... have the space , have the seeds, have pots, have compost, so nothing ventured nothing gained ! .... just need to cross my fingers for an Indian summer now !

P.S. I love this forum !

Any summer would do me!

[Nicos]

I think my only concern if it's eventually going to end up in a greenhouse would be keeping an eye out for fungal attack later on in the season.( warm and damp)
It's the frosts which see off the plants eventually ( well they seem to in Cheshire)- so if you can keep them frost free and well ventalated, that should help

[Waffler]

I late sowed some squash seeds (those free kids seeds which arrived in the end). Unfortuantely out of 2 plants I've defo lost one and the other looks very sad. I think it's because they were only small plants when I planted them out (sown in the greenhouse) and for some reason, they don't seem to have liked the torrential rain we've had practically ever since!!! Hopefully it will recover though.

[Incy]

I think my only concern if it's eventually going to end up in a greenhouse would be keeping an eye out for fungal attack later on in the season.( warm and damp)
It's the frosts which see off the plants eventually ( well they seem to in Cheshire)- so if you can keep them frost free and well ventalated, that should help

Only start them in the GH don't plant them in the borders! I made that mistake last year grew them at the end opposite the door. They grew the 10ft to the door and tried to escape
If you do them in large pots you could possibly move them back inside later on to avoid the frosts.

[HayleyB]

I had a cross pollinated courgette, it's a green courgette plant that had been fertilised by with pollen from a yellow one, the two courgettes came out a really bright yellowy/lime colour, gave them to MIL.

My squashes are aiming at world domination by the end of next month

[aplaceinthesun]

Any summer would do me!

Yes I totally agree! We did have summer again yesterday but today .... well its back to greyness....

I think my only concern if it's eventually going to end up in a greenhouse would be keeping an eye out for fungal attack later on in the season.( warm and damp)
It's the frosts which see off the plants eventually ( well they seem to in Cheshire)- so if you can keep them frost free and well ventalated, that should help

Thank you Nicos, I was thinking I would only start them off in the greenhouse and then move them to some very large pots .

I late sowed some squash seeds (those free kids seeds which arrived in the end). Unfortuantely out of 2 plants I've defo lost one and the other looks very sad. I think it's because they were only small plants when I planted them out (sown in the greenhouse) and for some reason, they don't seem to have liked the torrential rain we've had practically ever since!!! Hopefully it will recover though.

Fingers crossed for you that they pick up soon.

Only start them in the GH don't plant them in the borders! I made that mistake last year grew them at the end opposite the door. They grew the 10ft to the door and tried to escape
If you do them in large pots you could possibly move them back inside later on to avoid the frosts.

Oh my goodness , they sound like triffids ! I was thinking the same about just starting them off in the greenhouse, and yes then I can move them back inside when needs be.

I had a cross pollinated courgette, it's a green courgette plant that had been fertilised by with pollen from a yellow one, the two courgettes came out a really bright yellowy/lime colour, gave them to MIL.

My squashes are aiming at world domination by the end of next month

Wow those courgettes sound a gorgeous colour!