How easy is it to grow cucumbers and corgettes?

[PMW]

Courgettes (black beauty) were pretty much the first thing I tried growing in the garden 2 years ago and were very successful - about 70-80 courgettes from 2 plants. Last year I tried them in big pots with less success. I reckon I only got about 1/2 the amount of courgettes and they suffered with powdery mildew. I assume this was due to lack of water as keeping them adequately watered proved very difficult.

I've not tried cucmbers yet as I don't have a proper greenhouse, but as Dead Dogs had such success in Reading perhaps I should give them a go.

[Two_Sheds]

courgettes ... suffered with powdery mildew.

Tends to come with the territory, they're terribly prone to it. Make sure they don't get dry at the roots, and pick off any powdery leaves as they appear (it goes under the leaf first)

[Jeanied]

I have had success with both - I love my courgette plants and can never grow too many as I have some tasty recipes to use them all up with!
Jelliebabe gave me some cucumber plants and they were very successful - the cukes themselves looked very dodgy but they were soooo tasty once peeled! I am definitely going to grow them again.

[Two_Sheds]

I grew Real Seeds' mini white cukes outside last year, and very well they did too, no trouble at all

[Aberdeenplotter]

Until last year, I would have said a monkey could have grown courgettes but I never had a single courgette. First time ever.

[Norm]

The other good thing about courgettes is, if you leave a couple on the plant for the full growing season, you can have stuffed marrow on the menu in August.

[Two_Sheds]

I would have said a monkey could have grown courgettes

Ah, but you aren't a monkey, you is an ape ...

[RedThorn]

oooh! TS is on fire today!

[jacob]

Cucumbers, I grew those in my greenhouse under my tomatoes

How does this work -- do you let them trail? Sounds like an idea worth playing with!

[RedThorn]

Yes just trailing. Planted 2 one in each back corner(had a 12ft long by 6ft greenhouse)

I used to trail them along the walls of the raised beds I had built in there

[Potstubsdustbins]

I grow my cumbers the other way. Up a 7ft cane into the roof of the GH and then along a strong piece of cord. It is quite easy to get a 12ft cumber this way and the fruit hanges down free of all obstructions.

Colin

[briggsy2011]

thanks you lot, i will have a go at corgettes x

[Aberdeenplotter]

Ah, but you aren't a monkey, you is an ape ...

Throw me a banana

[smc999]

Growing cucmbers and courgettes is as easy as 3.142.
The best courgette for growing outdoors in pots is Midnight. I grew these for the first time last year and they were very prolific.
Courgette 'Midnight' F1 Hybrid - Pumpkin, Squash & Courgette Seeds - Thompson & Morgan
I always grow mu cuc's in the green house and have always grown Burpless as they seem to do really well.
Burpless Tasty Green Cucumber Seeds | Marshalls Seeds

[marchogaeth]

Powedery Mildew on Courgettes

My courgettes in the tunnel suffered quite badly with this last year to the extent that I couldn't have picked off the leaves. I coped/cured it by firstly watering the plants by running water over and under the leaves when I watered (the fungus does not like this at all). I also found a recipe on the net for a Sodium Bicarbonate based spray (2 teaspoons of baking soda, and 1 tablespoon of organic washing up fluid, in a gallon of water) which worked really well, it is quite labour intensive doing all the undersides - and your plants still look white!

Quite a few sites mention spraying on milk but I wonder about the smell under cover.

Should also say I did hand pollinate my tunnel plants just to be sure after my outdoor plants all got eaten by crows.