Courgette - Zucchini

Courgette Zucchini should be sown indoors for surest results, 1.5cm deep, on edge, in small pots of compost.

• Water well and place in a warm position.
• A temperature of 15-20c is ideal.
• Keep moist.
• Seedlings usually appear in 7-14 days.
• Gradually accustom young plants to outside conditions, before planting out 60cm apart, when frosts are over.
• Sow outdoors for ease, where they are to crop, 1.5cm deep directly into finely prepared soil which has already been watered.
• Allow 60cm between sowing positions.
• Sow two seeds on edge per position.
• Early sowings benefit from cloche protection.
• Thin to leave the stronger plant.
• Water well until plants are established.
• Cut the courgettes when they are about 15cm long, or leave to mature as marrows.
• Average 20 seeds