Courgettes are the veg plants that just keep on giving! A great choice for beginners, once established they really do deliver. One of the easiest vegetable seeds to sow, add your mature courgettes to soups, stir-fries, pasta sauces, or spiralise them as an alternative to spaghetti. And don't forget that courgette flowers are edible too.
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Courgettes are beautiful architectural plants that could easily sit in a border as well as a veggie plot. Sutton’s offer a superb choice of Courgette varieties. The ‘Sure thing’ is a courgette Hybrid that does what it says on the tin.
For a really full of flavour courgette the ‘Golden Zucchini ‘can’t be beaten . ‘Tarmino’ is a handy variety as it can be put in the freezer meaning you don’t waste any of the Courgette glut. These amazing plants can produce fruits will produce fruit for up to 4 months of a season.
A good way to deal with weedy ground is to grow Courgettes through artificial black mulch such as Mypex. Lay it over the weedy ground cut a cross into the Mypex and plant throug. You can then apply Organic mulches on top of this.
Courgettes are easy to grow in pots, but you need to select the right type of courgette seed, the F1 defender, Courcourzelle, F1 Atena are ideal courgettes varieties to grow in pots or containers
Pick Courgettes when they are young and not too large. Courgettes will put on a lot of growth quickly and become Marrow like and lose flavour.
For more information see our courgette growing guide
Buy Courgette seeds online from Suttons