Sowing courgette seeds
Are you looking at growing Courgettes from seeds here we will explain about sowing courgette seeds through to growing them and looking after the courgette plant to get great harvests from your crops? Courgettes can also be called Zucchini. Here in the UK though we call them courgettes.
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About Courgettes
Courgettes are a very popular vegetable and they are actually expensive to purchase from the supermarket so growing your own will save you a lot of money. Having 2 to 3 plants will keep a family going all through the year. Courgettes come in many shapes and colours, not just the green ones you will see in shops. They are green, yellow, long and they can also be round courgettes.
When to sow, plant and harvest courgettes
Knowing the right times to sow, plant and harvest courgettes will help you gain bigger crops from your plants and have a longer growing season.
| Sow | April to June |
| Plant | May to June |
| Harvest | June to October |
Sowing Courgette Seeds
When you are sowing courgette seeds you will need to think about how many plants you actually want. You can get a great number of courgettes from 3-4 plants. You will probably end up giving lots of courgettes away to family and friends. When you have decided how many plants you want to grow a few extra as some may get nibbled away or may not get growing.
When sowing your courgette seeds these can be planted in individual plant pots. This will save transplanting them from seed trays later when they are bigger and not risk damaging the plant or the roots.
Sow your courgette seeds in normal multipurpose compost in separate plant pots in a warm greenhouse. This will help them germinate.
Planting out your courgette plants
When planting out your courgette plants wait until they are big enough and the chance of frost has passed as this can kill the plant which you do not want to happen or you will have to start some more off. You are best waiting and being safe than risk them dying.
Courgettes like to be grown in a warm sunny spot so make sure you have an area of ground ready prepared with well-rotted organic matter.
You can now plant your courgette plants out in the soil. Make sure you leave a lot of space between each plant, not just for weeding but the plants will grow quite bushy.
How to care for your courgette plants
Courgettes require a bit of care and attention when growing them. When the fruit starts to form on the plant you can start to feed them on weekly basis with liquid fertilizer. This will help give the plants the nutrients to produce more.
When watering the courgettes do not water right next to the plant as this could rot the stem on the plant, this will result in all the plant snapping off. You can sink a plant pot next to the plant and water into this as it will let the water get right to the roots. Watering the courgettes will help them swell.
Harvesting Courgettes
The best thing about growing courgettes is when you start to harvest them. The thing is with courgettes the more you pick them the more of them will grow. So ideally you are best picking them when they are small. If you are wanting to grow large ones you are best having a few extra plants as not as many will grow.
When harvesting your courgettes you are best cutting them off with a knife or secateurs do not try twisting them off as it will damage the courgette plant.
Now you will know all about sowing courgette seeds and how to grow them. You can find out more tips about courgettes here.
