Too late to sow courgettes?

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Ema

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Too late to sow courgettes?
« on: June 30, 2013, 11:39 »
I've got 1 plant on the plot that's doing great but wanted another 2 had a look in the garden centres for plants yesterday and there sold out!

Am I too late to sow my own?

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Nikkithefoot

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Re: Too late to sow courgettes?
« Reply #1 on: June 30, 2013, 12:01 »
Unless we are guaranteed to get a continuously warm summer I suspect you might be a bit late. Having said that if you really want to give it a go you might just be successful.

I planted out my courgettes on 27th May as small plants (can't find the date I actually sowed them though) and they have just started to produce courgettes.
I was put on this earth to accomplish a certain number of things; right now I am so far behind I will never die.

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Re: Too late to sow courgettes?
« Reply #2 on: June 30, 2013, 19:02 »
I think you'd struggle to get anything worthwhile from seed planted now... unless we have the best summer since '76.

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Balders

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Re: Too late to sow courgettes?
« Reply #3 on: June 30, 2013, 19:05 »
if you've got the space I'd give it a go.
Unwins seed packets say sow direct May and June - and it still is June just  :D
http://www.unwins.co.uk/courgette-black-beauty-seeds-pid6188.html
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Re: Too late to sow courgettes?
« Reply #4 on: June 30, 2013, 19:09 »
If you can get the plant well on its way in doors or greenhouse.  I did mine last year in July and got corgettees

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Re: Too late to sow courgettes?
« Reply #5 on: June 30, 2013, 19:20 »
I put two seeds in a hole on the edge of the sweetcorn bed, as I lost a plant overnight so had a gap.  I figured it was worth a punt.  Lots of evil blue pellets added too in case of hungry slugs.  My little boy said a prayer for the seeds to grow (and no, I didn't ask him, he just offered!)
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Re: Too late to sow courgettes?
« Reply #6 on: June 30, 2013, 19:42 »
For the sake of trying go for it, what about planting it into the compost heap. That should give it a boost.

Ours on the heap went in later but they are twice the size of the others already

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Re: Too late to sow courgettes?
« Reply #7 on: July 02, 2013, 21:35 »
Thank you everyone for your replies. Having read the first reply I drove around like a lunatic on my lunch break yesterday, went to another 2 huge garden centres who had no courgettes but both plenty of cucs, like over run with them! thinking that was it I drove back to work a different route and spotted a tiny garden centre I pulled in and low and behold the 2 last courgette plants were there waiting for me :) buy 1 get 1 free :) both battani planted them straight out yesterday evening lets hope they survive!

Will give sowing some of the more unusual courgettes a go in the hope we have a warm autumn, sure I took a seed out of the seed parcel, have a mini gh so hopefully it will catch up



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