Today's courgettes

[mr brightside]

I see, ok so i was wrong. Courgettes are still rubbish

Leeks are part of the onion family though, does this mean an onion is not a root veg?

[molehill]

I see, ok so i was wrong. Courgettes are still rubbish

Bog off my thread and start your own Todays Root Veg thread then .

[mr brightside]

Off i bog...

[Stef F]

Ahem, is it ok to wake this one up?

I'm thinking about assembling a courgette, tomato, pepper and aubergine growing kit and am planning to attempt to grow them in pots that can be transported if my escape to Yorkshire campaign succeeds before the end of the summer.

So the big question.....what varieties might survive the shock of a journey north? Should I plant late?

Stef

[molehill]

Great, thanks Stef, I have been holding fire with my first post as there is a long season ahead, and heaven forbid that I should bore any newcomers to the forum . Little do they know what is in store .
We have some of last years Romanesco seeds to grow again (they did well), and also Orelia and Tosca seeds to try out - well, we can't have too many courgettes can we?
Bit early to sow yet, needs to be into April for starting in propagator and planting out end May. We suffer frosts up here in the hills in May & June so have to cover them up at nights, hence tend to put them out late as possible.

[Stef F]

Great, thanks Stef, I have been holding fire with my first post as there is a long season ahead, and heaven forbid that I should bore any newcomers to the forum . Little do they know what is in store .
We have some of last years Romanesco seeds to grow again (they did well), and also Orelia and Tosca seeds to try out - well, we can't have too many courgettes can we?
Bit early to sow yet, needs to be into April for starting in propagator and planting out end May. We suffer frosts up here in the hills in May & June so have to cover them up at nights, hence tend to put them out late as possible.

Hi Moley

If I sowed earlier down here but use one of these varieties do you think I could I get away with it? Assuming I'm unlikely to move before May the plants would be reasonably well advanced before being transported?

Mum says peppers and aubergines wouldn't grow up north

[The Missus]

Hi Steff, We can't grow peppers or aubergines or tomatoes in our garden, too cold and on a North facing slope so fairly doomed, but friends do OK by growing them in a polytunnel. Courgettes need to be started at the end of March/beginning of April. You won't gain much by planting now, just as likely to damp off if you start too soon. Try them in big pots and probably a bush variety. Moley can't wait for the 'season' to start - he'll be looking for new courgette recipes to try. I've got loads of broadbeans coming along well and Boy Wonder has a stonking recipe for them - just a few calories !!

[Stef F]

Hi Steff, We can't grow peppers or aubergines or tomatoes in our garden, too cold and on a North facing slope so fairly doomed, but friends do OK by growing them in a polytunnel. Courgettes need to be started at the end of March/beginning of April. You won't gain much by planting now, just as likely to damp off if you start too soon. Try them in big pots and probably a bush variety. Moley can't wait for the 'season' to start - he'll be looking for new courgette recipes to try. I've got loads of broadbeans coming along well and Boy Wonder has a stonking recipe for them - just a few calories !!

Hum...not sure a polytunnel in a pot is very achievable Might frighten away any prowlers though if I could manage a vertical one!

Not tomatoes? That's a disaster. And broadbeans instead?...yucky yuck...powdery green stuff!

End of March - looks like I have a bit more time for some more research and essential purchases then....like some pots for starters!!!

Thanks
Stef

[Hes]

Hurray...its started again!!!

Stef, I live in North Yorkshire and I have loads of success with tomatoes, courgettes and peppers but I do have a lean-to greenhouse and never put my courgettes outside before mid to late May since one year's disastrous cull by frost. Aubergines are a no-go unless you have a south facing conservatory with bags of sun and a heater. I have tried three years in a row and have only ever managed to get two aubergines the size of lemons.

I got over forty courgettes off of just two plants but compared to Moley that is nothing!

[Hes]

Oh yes...Mum has had success with a little upright polythene thingy that is like a mini-greenhouse and sits on her patio. It doesn't take up much space but she managed to grow quite a bit in it until it was warm enough to put them outside but she does live in Penzance...could work in Yorkshire?!