Comments on: Planting Courgettes in the Vegetable Garden. http://topveg.com/2007/05/22/planting-courgettes-in-the-vegetable-garden/ news, reviews, hints and tips on vegetable gardening, fruit growing and herbs. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:41:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Farming Friends » How To Grow Courgettes instructions http://topveg.com/2007/05/22/planting-courgettes-in-the-vegetable-garden/#comment-5498 Farming Friends » How To Grow Courgettes instructions Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:31:49 +0000 http://topveg.com/2007/05/22/planting-courgettes-in-the-vegetable-garden/#comment-5498 [...] TopVeg website always provide me with excellent seed [...] […] TopVeg website always provide me with excellent seed […]

]]> By: TopVeg http://topveg.com/2007/05/22/planting-courgettes-in-the-vegetable-garden/#comment-317 TopVeg Fri, 29 Jun 2007 09:43:54 +0000 http://topveg.com/2007/05/22/planting-courgettes-in-the-vegetable-garden/#comment-317 James It sounds as though you have done everything right and given your courgettes very opportunity! But we have had exactly the same problem in previous years, and I am afraid that they did not grow out of it! It was terminal. How about re-planting 2 of the first variety, Soleil (yellow fruit). Then, the remaining 2 have a chance to grow out of it, & you will be able to see if the replanted 2 do better in the more open compost. We also plant them on a mound, which seems to help. The other varieties you have seem to be OK as they are. Hope this helps. TopVeg James
It sounds as though you have done everything right and given your courgettes very opportunity!

But we have had exactly the same problem in previous years, and I am afraid that they did not grow out of it! It was terminal.

How about re-planting 2 of the first variety, Soleil (yellow fruit). Then, the remaining 2 have a chance to grow out of it, & you will be able to see if the replanted 2 do better in the more open compost. We also plant them on a mound, which seems to help.

The other varieties you have seem to be OK as they are.

Hope this helps.

TopVeg

]]> By: James http://topveg.com/2007/05/22/planting-courgettes-in-the-vegetable-garden/#comment-315 James Fri, 29 Jun 2007 09:32:14 +0000 http://topveg.com/2007/05/22/planting-courgettes-in-the-vegetable-garden/#comment-315 Thanks for the comments. - I had the seedlings in large-ish incubator boxes and think I was careful enough not to over-water. - Yes, I did water on planting out into compost, but not excessively. They were planted out under fleece after the long dry spell in April and had something of a honeymoon before the big storms in May. - Watering routine after planting out was: not watered in rainy conditions. The question is: should I re-plant with looser compost/soil/fibre mix? Thanks very much for your help. Rgds James Thanks for the comments.
- I had the seedlings in large-ish incubator boxes and think I was careful enough not to over-water.
- Yes, I did water on planting out into compost, but not excessively. They were planted out under fleece after the long dry spell in April and had something of a honeymoon before the big storms in May.
- Watering routine after planting out was: not watered in rainy conditions.
The question is: should I re-plant with looser compost/soil/fibre mix?
Thanks very much for your help.
Rgds
James

]]> By: TopVeg http://topveg.com/2007/05/22/planting-courgettes-in-the-vegetable-garden/#comment-311 TopVeg Thu, 28 Jun 2007 21:37:09 +0000 http://topveg.com/2007/05/22/planting-courgettes-in-the-vegetable-garden/#comment-311 <p>James<br /> This is an interesting observation.</p> <p>Yellow leaves indicate that the roots are too wet. Courgettes do like an open growing medium, with plenty of fibre. Some well-rotted composts are too dense for courgettes.</p> <p>If seedlings are transplanted into compost, and then watered,the compost will retain moisture - possibly more than the courgettes like, particularly if they are watered a lot when they are small. </p> <p>It appears that the first variety, Soleil (yellow fruit), is more susceptible to this problem.</p> <p>What is your watering routine after planting? Did the watering coincide with heavy rain?</p> <p>TopVeg</p> James
This is an interesting observation.

Yellow leaves indicate that the roots are too wet. Courgettes do like an open growing medium, with plenty of fibre. Some well-rotted composts are too dense for courgettes.

If seedlings are transplanted into compost, and then watered,the compost will retain moisture - possibly more than the courgettes like, particularly if they are watered a lot when they are small.

It appears that the first variety, Soleil (yellow fruit), is more susceptible to this problem.

What is your watering routine after planting? Did the watering coincide with heavy rain?

TopVeg

]]> By: James http://topveg.com/2007/05/22/planting-courgettes-in-the-vegetable-garden/#comment-308 James Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:43:18 +0000 http://topveg.com/2007/05/22/planting-courgettes-in-the-vegetable-garden/#comment-308 I have planted 3 types of courgette this year: Soleil (yellow fruit), El Greco and Geode (round), four plants of each. All the plants were planted out from seedlings into 1 cu. ft of well rotted compost and seem to be growing well but all four of the first (yellow) variety have yellowing leaves and are perhaps slightly behind in terms of size of fruit. The spacing is is around 30". I had noticed last year that the yellow variety (in a different bed) did not seed well and produced very little fruit. We live in North Wales. It seems that this variety requires different conditions to the others. Have you come across this before and what could it be? I have planted 3 types of courgette this year: Soleil (yellow fruit), El Greco and Geode (round), four plants of each. All the plants were planted out from seedlings into 1 cu. ft of well rotted compost and seem to be growing well but all four of the first (yellow) variety have yellowing leaves and are perhaps slightly behind in terms of size of fruit. The spacing is is around 30″. I had noticed last year that the yellow variety (in a different bed) did not seed well and produced very little fruit. We live in North Wales. It seems that this variety requires different conditions to the others. Have you come across this before and what could it be?

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