[shokkyy]

I've never grown marrows but grow courgettes every year, and I always like letting quite a few get big because I really like them stuffed. I'm kind of wondering whether I should be growing less courgettes and more marrows. Is there really any difference between courgettes and marrows?

[Yorkie]

They are the same family but technically different varieties.

Marrows in my experience have harder skins and cook slightly differently from large courgettes.  I suspect the taste is different too,  That being said, I know friends who stuff large courgettes in the same way as one would marrows so I wouldn't get too worried about it in the wider scheme of things. 

[gavinjconway]

Rather keep the courgettes as courgettes... as Yorkie says the skin is harder when oversize and I find they do not taste as good as a marrow - remember a marrow is made to grow big and they do taste different. 

[Ice]

Have to agree with the above ^.  Taste and texture are not the same so I don't use them as marrows, but I have been known to put an overlarge courgette into my chutneys.

[sunshineband]

Marrows do store much longer than giant courgettes...... last year I had one still edible at Bonfire Night 

[shokkyy]

Maybe I'll try some marrows next year then. Do they take up a lot more space than courgettes, or can you get bush ones? And any varieties to recommend?

[DD.]

Long green bush is a very popular and productive one.

[shokkyy]

Long green bush is a very popular and productive one.

Ta

[sunshineband]

Tiger Cross is very pretty (Nicky's Nursery)

[savbo]

I noticed in the year's allotment show that the overgrown courgettes entered in the Marrow category didn't win anything no matter how nice they were...only marrows with yellow stripes were placed...