[hermon]

2 questions:

1) are very large courgettes marrows are they the same plant? how can you get marrow seeds and courgette seed seperatley???

2) when i miss a courgette then find it later as a "marrow" can i dry out the seed for next year?

[mellowmick]

On point one: They are incredibly similar, but a proper marrow has the dark and light mottled banding, which courgettes don't. I can't really tell from the plants which is marrow, courgette or squash. Flowers look pretty much the same too.
As far as the seeds are concerned; I'm a first year, so have no idea :!:

[Oliver]

2) when i miss a courgette then find it later as a "marrow" can i dry out the seed for next year?

The answer is yes, BUT see the earlier posting about Saving our own seed and F1 hybrids. (Use the search facility of you can't see the post on Grow your own).

Marrow and Courgettes are often F1s so if you still have the original packet and it says, for example, Tosca, F1. if you  save the seed you will get a courgette, but how it will perform and what it will look like is anybody's guess!

Saving seed is great fun! O

[milkman]

Because marrows and courgettes and squashes and pumpkins are insect pollinated they cross pollinate very easily whether they are F1 varieties or not, so if you save the seed you will never be sure of what you might be growing next year - that's not to say it won't be fun finding out!

[GrannieAnnie]

Talk about overgrown courgettes!!!!  I missed one!  Found it tonight. I weighs nearly 3lbs!!!   Hubby wants to keep it until Sunday then stuff it like a marrow.  I was going to put it in my courgette chutney which I haven't tried making yet

[fatgit]

mmm courgette chutney, might try that

I too found one hidden away that weighs in at over 2lb's, wasn't sure what to do with it

[GrannieAnnie]

Well, i own't waste anything if I can help it FG.  Cut it open and try it!  If its got loads of seeds and you can't eat it, ave the seeds for next year and see what comes up!!!

that's what I've done with one of my over large cucumbers.  They don't taste too nice, so am saving the seds from one of them.