Courgette Seeds
Growing Suggestions
Sow courgette seeds in pots indoors from April and plant out in May; or sow directly in the soil in early-mid May. The plants are very cold sensitive so cover them with fleece if there is a danger of frost. For an extended harvest do two sowings, one in April and one early June. Squashes are hungry and benefit from a good dose of manure or compost added to the soil before planting.
Courgette growing calendar
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Crop History
Courgettes are a member of the species Cucurbita pepo which was one of the first crop species to be domesticated; seeds have been found in Mexico which date back 10,000 years! They spread very quickly due to their ability to grow in many different climates. Courgettes are immature fruits and if left on the plant they will get huge and contain many seeds.
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Courgette – Tondo di Nizza (Organic)
£3.00 Add to basketCourgette – Tondo di Nizza (Organic)
A round pale green courgette with a delicate skin and fine flavour. If you’re looking for something a little bit different in your courgette patch, Tondo di Nizza would be a good choice. It is an Italian heritage variety that provides you with an abundant crop of round courgettes. Best harvested when approximately 10cm in diameter, just before the skin darkens in colour.
(Approximate seed count – 12)£3.00 -
Courgette – Cocozelle (Organic)
£2.95 Add to basketCourgette – Cocozelle (Organic)
Very productive courgette producing dark and light green stripy fruit over a long period. We have grown this traditional Italian variety of courgette for many years and it has become a staple part of our summer diets. It is a prolific producer of good looking and great tasting fruits. It has a bush-type growth habit making it suitable for smaller plots or even container growing.
(Approximate seed count – 20)£2.95 -
Courgette – Black Beauty (Organic)
£2.50 – £3.50 Add to basket This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageCourgette – Black Beauty (Organic)
A vigorous and prolific courgette producing dark green, glossy fruits over a long period. A classic dark-green summer squash with creamy white flesh. Best picked young when no longer than 25cm. The plants have an open growth habit which makes it easy to pick the fruit and they won’t stop coming! Try battering and frying the male courgette flowers for a gourmet addition to a summer meal.
(Approximate seed count – 17)£2.50 – £3.50 -
Courgette – Solara (Organic)
£2.95 Add to basketCourgette – Solara (Organic)
A bright yellow variety producing an abundance of fruits over a long period. Solara is a fantastic modern open-pollinated yellow fruited courgette. We are really impressed with how productive and uniform this variety is compared to other yellow varieties we have tried and they taste superb. A couple of plants will keep you well fed throughout the summer.
(Approximate seed count – 20)£2.95 -
Patty Pan – Custard White (Organic)
£2.95 Read morePatty Pan – Custard White (Organic)
Creamy white disc-shaped fruits with a scalloped edge and fine flavour. The plants with a bushy growth habit make delicious flying saucer shaped fruits, 6 – 7 cm in diameter that are classed as summer squash (don’t store for more than 1-2 weeks). The skin of this variety is white and its flesh cream coloured and delicately flavoured. They are best harvested when young, this will encourage the plants to make lots more fruits too.
(Approximate seed count – 20)£2.95 -
Summer Squash – Lemon (Organic)
£2.50 Add to basketSummer Squash – Lemon (Organic)
A trailing summer squash variety producing an abundance of lemon-sized and shaped fruits. This is a very interesting variety of summer squash which sits somewhere between a patty pan and a courgette. Its flesh is slightly denser than a typical courgette and is extremely tasty. A definite star of the veg patch and will keep on producing until the last frosts.
(Approximate seed count – 20)£2.50
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