Wilkinsons pack of mixed courgettes, variable germination.

[Jimmy]

The pack contained
black beauty, de nice a fruit rond, golden zucchini, patty pan, lebanese, yellow scallop

Being a Scrooge I don't sow all the seeds but say 4 or five of each.

The golden zucchini came up OK.
But the rest don't seem to have appeared.
I resowed about 3 weeks ago ( again in green house ), put in plenty of each.

Again no show ( apart from one yellow scallop )

Anyone else had this problem with the packs ??

Jimmy.

[hollychap]

i am having trouble with courgettes sown loads only one plant so far (zuccini) non of them were the wilko ones , i have just sown my last black hawk seed in a pot on its own if that dont germinate thats a full packet sown for a return of zilch and it was a fresh packet also used three differant composts i too am a scrooge

[Currysniffa]

I did a problem with yellow courgettes this year. Out of 9 seeds I got 1 plant. So just got 3 green 3 black black beauty and 1 yellow one on the go.. should be enough for the 3 of us lol.

[Sarico]

i had the same problem with any squash till april then they start to grow (not the same sed but seed from the same packet sown after couple of weeks)... i didn't find the problem but last batch of squash i sown they all came up.. i didn't do anything different (i think so )

[Florence Fennel]

Quite the opposite! I didn't expect them all to germinate and they have and I hate to compost healthy plants, so have grown them all on so far. I expect I'll give some away. Have you seen how many courgettes BigMallly is growing? BTW, you're not scrooges, you're just thrifty and that's commendable Get sowing some more.

[bearded bloke]

My Custard Marrow (squash)took 8 days longer to germinate than my Invincible (Pumpkin) & Marketmore (cucumber) in the heated propagator,set all at same time in same compost

[Gearoid]

I sowed (late!) some different ones a couple of weeks ago and they've all come up nice and strong: Patty Pan, Rond de Nice and Gold Rush. Two of those varieties were cheapo seeds from Lidl.

[Sarico]

Quite the opposite! I didn't expect them all to germinate and they have and I hate to compost healthy plants, so have grown them all on so far. I expect I'll give some away. Have you seen how many courgettes BigMallly is growing? BTW, you're not scrooges, you're just thrifty and that's commendable Get sowing some more.

What I meant is that a lot didn't germinate but I still have about 15 courgette plants now ( if all germinated could be 30 and more)

[Jimmy]

I think another of my late sowing has decided to appear.
Probably the cold is the problem. I was in my Greenhouse on Saturday and I could see my breath when I breathed out.
The Golden Courgettes are doing well and should go out in a frame this weekend, as will the my cucumbers, mainly Marketmore.
I stopped growing greenhouse cumbers cause they always got mildew, and cost a fortune.
Marketmore are great as they are just the right size.
Jimmy

[Florence Fennel]

That's good to hear Jimmy - you never know, you might end up wondering what to do with them all!

[selfsufficient]

I tried two different courgettes this year El Greco and Soleil from plants of distinction, I had 10 of each planted at various time intervals, but none germinated. I emailed the company about it and I got sent 3 new packets of courgettes for free (hurrah a company that cares about it's customers for a change) which I will try to direct sow out now. I haven't had a problem with courgettes in previous years, probably something to do with the awful weather

[rustylady]

I tried two different courgettes this year El Greco and Soleil from plants of distinction, I had 10 of each planted at various time intervals, but none germinated. I emailed the company about it and I got sent 3 new packets of courgettes for free (hurrah a company that cares about it's customers for a change) which I will try to direct sow out now. I haven't had a problem with courgettes in previous years, probably something to do with the awful weather

I wouldn't try to direct sow (snails and slugs will get them as soon as they germinate). Start them in smallish (3") one or two seeds to a pot and germinate them somewhere warm. They can then be planted out as soon as they're big enough.