Courgettes

[bearded bloke]

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[Scarlet]

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[Containergardener]

Scarlet

And you will see I've been able to change profile now.

I've made a whoopsy, I bought shooting star and black beauty . Oh well
What size of tub will I need for the black beauty please. Depth , width. I have some storage ones I could use if need be. Infact how deep will I need for shooting star.
I'm trying to plan what goes in what...trying ! Not that they have germinated yet

What a dope , Ive already written down 30lt pot , 1 plant. I wasn't awake this morning .

[cristalfiona]

I'm thinking about growing some courgettes this year.

Courgette All Green Bush Seeds from Mr Fothergill's Seeds and Plants

Those ones. Are they don't need to be in a greenhouse do they? Do you have to pollinate the female flowers with the male ones?

I grew these last year - they did very well outside and I didn't have to pollinate them myself, nature took care of that. I got plenty of courgettes off just one plant, grown in 2-ish of the marked out square feet in my raised bed. I'd recommend checking it every day once it gets going - I went away for a weekend and came back to about 15 courgettes on the go! It was one of my major successes in a not-too-brilliant growing year.

[Muddy_Boots]

Last year I went away for a week and when I got back and went to the plot I wondered what the heck was lying on the path as I pulled up in the car. Went over to find they had morphed into Triffids and I had no so much Courgettes but Marrows and cut off a dozen of them.

People at work were all recipients of a Courgette/Marrow whether they wanted one or not as I had stupidly planted 6 of them, by the end of last year they were sick of Courgettes lol.

[snakeshack]

I would say the biggest pot you can get, I plant my courgettes out on the allotment,2 (yes only 2) into a raised bed 8 feet by 4 feet and they fill the bed completely. Even with 6 of us at eating them (compulsory) and giving away to the neighbours (until they hide and pretend they're not in)we still have too many.

[Containergardener]

None have germinated yet

[snakeshack]

mine came up in the propagator in 5 days

[Bigmallly]

In my experience, I've found that it is not the depth of soil that is the issue but the surface area. They are fairly shallow rooted but as Snake says, around 3-4 feet diameter should do one plant.

[Scoot]

Still thinking about getting some of these seeds. What is the latest you can sow them?

[Ms-T]

Still time ,says on packet up till may.

[Rocketron]

In my experience, I've found that it is not the depth of soil that is the issue but the surface area. They are fairly shallow rooted but as Snake says, around 3-4 feet diameter should do one plant.

At last someone with the same experience as me.
Courgettes I have grown are all shallow rooted but spread and more roots grow from the stems as they travel.

[Scoot]

Ordered my Courgette seeds last night. ~this shall be my first year growing them. They'll be in a pot which is about 20 litres but i might get myself a bigger one if it is advised?

[Penellype]

Courgettes do grow in pots but drying out is an issue - the smaller the pot the faster they dry out. The plants have very big leaves which quickly lose water especially in windy weather. I have grown them in approx 20 litre pots but 30 litres is better if you can.