Courgettes and Marrows

Hi,

I am growing Cougettes Zucchini F1 - I saw is Oliver's post in the topic hiya that the cougettes had been picked when they are very small (everything looks great by the way Oliver).  Should I do this or should I be waiting until they are supermaket size :?:

I am also growing Marrows - variety Ronde de Nice - I had one get to about golf ball size then it went squishy at the end :cry: .  Should they get any bigger (the packet was'nt very specific  - just pick Aug-Oct and my bible does'nt have this variety in.

On a side note, I am very excited, my chillies seem to be developing flowers and my tomoatoes are starting to turn red (inside on a widowsill) .

Thanks in advance for any help given.

Regards

Dawn

I think you should start picking the corgettes. .

Yep - eat them tiny, they are succulent and tasty. Try them like the Greeks do in a rich tomato sauce with rice or cous cous.

If you leave them (or one escapes your notice) you can end up with things that look like marrows. Fred won the biggest marrow content last year in the show with a courgette! (I feel that a courgette (English) or Zuchinni (American or Italian) is just a variety of (immature) Marrow. So you could also eat very young marrows.

The trick is, however, grow just as many plants as you think you can eat. They have four plants and even that produces a lot! Courgette soup is very nice in the winter, so bigger courgettes can be made into soup base and frozen for later use.

After a short spell of weather I'm starting to find that friends are getting fed up with courgettes and prefer lettuce   Will need to try and make a few more friends or grow less courgettes