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Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: Ali on April 30, 2006, 22:35

Title: Courgettes
Post by: Ali on April 30, 2006, 22:35

Is it too early to plant my courgettes outside? The seed packets say May/June but they have lots of leaves and are starting to flower. I live on the south coast and we haven't had any frost for about 4 weeks. PS I think this site is cool!

Title: Courgettes
Post by: Phoenix on May 01, 2006, 00:31

Should be ok, just put a fleece over them at night as temps r still dropping outside here in swansea to about 8'c

everything ive planted are doing great...

Also Fleece and black weed netting a pound for about 5m lengths in local poundland (bargains lol)

Title: Courgettes
Post by: John on May 01, 2006, 10:04

Welcome Ali -  Phoenix is right.  I wouldn't be too sure of planting out here but you should be fine.
It's quite amazing the differences in parts of the country. I was in Norway a couple of years ago staying in Roros, which is about a quarter of the way up the country. Outside was a metre of snow and the temperature fell to -28 one night.  This was the end of February.
On the TV they were showing them in the south west planting potatoes. That was surreal!

Title: Courgettes
Post by: GrannieAnnie on May 01, 2006, 10:26

I put my cougettes out last week because they were growing so fast, but I still have them covered in fleece (just in case!)