hello , a newbie here !! A Question If i may ??

[janiebaby]

hello ,
Im looking for a courgette seed that can be trained to climb or takes up only a small amount of a small garden .
thanks

[Paulottie]

Hello Janiebaby, Welcome to the Vine.

Always tell newbies to stick a rough location in their profile cos it helps us answer some questions.

Most courgettes are the trailing kind which you should be able to get to climb rather than the 'bush' kind

However I wouldn't say that the former would take up less space as the latter are bred to be compact.

Difficult to explain but the actual hub of the plant is the same but trailers then sent out rambling shoots if you get me....plus of course the framework you use would take space and create shade.

I'd stick with a bush like 'Tosca'...or if you insist 'Defender'

[Pumpkin Becki]

Hi janie, and welcome to the Vine from me too. I've only ever grown bush type courgettes myself, and I find each plant only spreads about 2ft all round. Is space a major problem for you then?

[ginger ninger]

Hello Janie and welcome to the vine, I grow a courgette called "Eight Ball" its a bush type, it has round dark green fruits, unwins do a pkt in there "Little Growers" seed collection for £1.49 with around 6-7 seeds in, there really easy to grow.

[elsie-scot]

seen ad for midnight - supposed to be a dwarf courgette, but know nothing about it

[trish60]

Hello Janie
Welcome to the vine. Two years ago I grew 3 black forest courgettes up a wigwam and they were very good but I grew them last year & they were hopeless.
Hopefully we will have more sun this year so they ll succeed again.
Good luck

[stella]

Hi and welcome, always grow bush type myself, sometimes on the compost heap so they dont take up so much space

[oldie]

There is an F1 climbing one called Black Forest. I think I saw it in the Fothergills catalogue.

[gojiberry]

Check out the seed catalogues under patio veg and I'm sure you will find a courgette to suit your space.

Ian

[wellie]

I can also confirm that. F1 'Black Forest' allegedly, and I shall be growing that variety myself this year, having just snuck out to the kitchen, snaffled the last remaining two cold roast potatoes on the way to the conservatory to check this information for you, she said with her mouth full.....

[janiebaby]

thanks for your replies !!! I will have a look to see if i can find that one in the shops , if not will be ordering !!!