containers for cougettes

[chilli_grower]

I have a couple of those big rubber bendy buckets/trugs with handles on, from B and q.

Do you think two courgette plants per bucket would grow ok?

Thank you

[horticultural_hobbit]

You mean the brightly coloured trugs? I would have thought one per bucket would be plausible. They are shallow rooting creatures, I think; but they do tend to want a about a metre to themselves what with their huge leaves. Unless of they are courgettes with a small neat habit.

I grew Claude the astia courgette in a p^undland grow bag. Did very well. Just make sure you put drainage holes in the bottom.

[chris]

I've had them in the small trugs before.

Me being me, is probably put two in the large ones. That said, they are greedy- and you'll have to keep up with watering.

[Bren In Pots]

I grow my spare courgettes in now redundant recycling boxes, they're 22x17in and 12 inch high with one plant to a box, have to keep up on the watering though.

[sammy_roser]

You can put two in and they would grow but as with any plant they will not do as well as they could do if you put them in one (Did that make sense? I've only been up half an hour and I don't think my brain has switched on)
There are dwarf varieties that will do better, not that I've grown any myself yet.

[chilli_grower]

yes I mean the brightly coloured ones.

Looks like one per big bucket is the way to go then....

Thank you

[rustylady]

Don't forget to make drainage holes in them.

[VirginVegGrower]

Do you have a compost dalek? IMO I had the best ones ever when I put muck and a few inches of grow bag medium on top of a heap and planted in that.

[Likac66]

I agree - just one to a tub. They need a lot of space. I grew one per recycling tub two years ago and they cropped really well. Last year I put them in tubs half that size and got very few fruits in return.

[cazp]

I've grew one in a morrisons flower bucket once and it produced quite a few courgettes.




Really do need to keep on top of watering/feeding with this size container though.

[Alison]

I'd only put one in, they like a bit of space and are very hungry plants. I used to grow them in large tubs before I got a lottie and find that they actually do better in the ground as they then don't have to suffer my random watering.

[chilli_grower]

ok great, I will buy some more bendy buckets from b and q

thank you

[Tripmeup]

Definitely put some compost or manure if you have it at the bottom of the trugs.. they love rich soil...
Personally I plant them out direct in the ground, usually at the base of my manure heap.. They do very well...

Pic of one of mine waiting to go out..