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Courgette Seeds (Lemona)

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Courgette Seeds - Description

  • Pack of Yellow Courgette Seeds
  • Variety: Lemona
  • Quantity: 10 Seeds
  • Delicious, Sweet Flavour
  • Bright Yellow Fruits
  • 50 Days From Germination to Harvest
  • Good Flavour & Texture
  • Fewer Spines for Easy Harvesting
  • Produces High Yields

Courgette Seeds - Sowing Instructions

  • Grown the same ways as all courgettes
  • Sow under cover: March to May
  • Space plants 60cm apart
  • Rows 90cm apart
  • Prefers a sunny location with a dressing of mulch preferred
  • Requires at least 13 degrees to germinate
  • Harvest: When courgettes are 10cm long
  • Courgettes like well drained humus rich soil
  • Water regularly and feed if growth appears slow
  • For best result grow in a greenhouse
  • See how to grow tab for full growing instructions

Courgette Seeds - Uses

  • Great way to get kids to eat vegetables & courgettes in particular
  • Good in salads, pasta dishes & more
  • Ideal for roasting

Courgette Seeds - Advantages

  • Easy to grow variety of courgette seeds
  • Bright & attractive yellow skin
  • Good flavour & textured courgette
  • Can be grown indoors or outside
  • Low cost pack of courgette seeds

Index

  • Sowing Instructions
  • How to Transplant
  • Crop Maintenance
  • How to Harvest
  • Storage
  • Pests & Diseases

Sowing Instructions

  • Sowing Time: Mid spring. Important that seeds are kept warm
  • Sowing Location: Indoors, under cover & grow in greenhouse
  • Sow in 9cm pots, sowing 1 seed per pot, soaking compost
  • Sow seeds 2cm deep, placing seed vertically in compost
  • Place pots in a heated propagator, setting to 21°C
  • Keep pots moist at all times

Transplant

  • Harden of your courgettes by acclimatising to the cold by leaving outside for a few hours a day
  • Transplant young seedlings into greenhouse soil
  • Space 90cm apart
  • Dig a planting hole about a foot square and fill it with compost or rotted manure
  • Create a soil mound around the base of each transplanted plant
  • Can be grown in grow bags. Grow 2 per grow bag
  • Soil: Courgettes like well drained and very fertile soil
  • Improve the soil by digging in some compost or manure
  • When preparing soil, it is recommended that you add a general fertiliser such as growmore or poultry manure

Crop Maintenance

  • Don’t over water until courgettes begin to grow
  • Once outside courgettes are easy to grow, remember to keep watered once growing
  • Adding a liquid feed will encourage further growth
  • Support by training up a bamboo cane
  • Protect from slugs

How to Harvest

  • Harvest courgettes 3 times a week to keep up production
  • Pick of courgettes when they are 10-15cm long
  • Use a sharp knife to cut off fruit, never break off with your hands

Storage

  • Courgettes should be covered and placed in the fridge for up to two days
  • To freeze courgettes slice into rounds and blanch for 2 minutes
  • Place into ice cold water for a further 3 minutes
  • In the freezer courgettes can keep for up to 12 months

Pests & Diseases

  • Courgettes are normally very healthy plants
  • Pests: Slugs
  • Damage: Slugs destroy seedlings by eating them
  • Signs: Leaves will have ragged edges
  • Protection: Slug traps or copper slug tape

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