No germination with courgettes

Slightly off topic but speaking of mass growing there is an old boy who rents/owns a massive what looks like a greenhouse on a industrial estate he grows hundreds and hundreds of tomato plants in there every year.

Rumour has it he doesn't eat or sell them.. weird

Quote from: al78 on April 24, 2014, 19:20

Mainly because I did use courgettes last year but don't eat butternut squash or pumpkins, and I found an interesting round variety on the Real Seeds website which was said to have a sprawling habit.

Don't let the round ones get much bigger than a tennis ball. The texture's not that fantastic when they get large.

Out of interest, have you ever eaten butternut squash? Might be worth swapping one or two courgettes for a squash plant or two. You'd need to be able to store them for winter use rather than eating them straightaway (they improve when kept for a weeks after picking). My OH was convinced he wouldn't like them but they're now a winter staple for us. Another advantage is that they're a bit less prickly round your legs if you're growing them for ground cover.