Topic: Courgettes

[Paulh]

Atena is the best yellow that I've grown. Still trying to find a really good green one. I am using a packet from Mr Fothergill called "zucchini" which last year produced slightly plants with slightly different fruit from each other.

[Silverleaf]

I'm growing Gold Rush F1 (amongst other green ones). I don't usually bother with hybrids (I don't think they are worth the extra money) but those were very cheap when Wilko were selling off last year's stock.

I'll be interested to see if they perform significantly better than my open-pollinated ones.

Does anyone know of a yellow open-pollinated variety?

[galina]

I'm growing Gold Rush F1 (amongst other green ones). I don't usually bother with hybrids (I don't think they are worth the extra money) but those were very cheap when Wilko were selling off last year's stock.

I'll be interested to see if they perform significantly better than my open-pollinated ones.

Does anyone know of a yellow open-pollinated variety?

Yes, yellow crookneck, yellow straightneck and several others.  Still trying but so far failing to successfully propagate for the seed circle the yellow pattypan from HSL. 
http://www.vegetableseeds.net/Marrow_Zloty_Cepelin_p/maro02b.htm
Zloty Cepelin

 

[Silverleaf]

I'm growing Gold Rush F1 (amongst other green ones). I don't usually bother with hybrids (I don't think they are worth the extra money) but those were very cheap when Wilko were selling off last year's stock.

I'll be interested to see if they perform significantly better than my open-pollinated ones.

Does anyone know of a yellow open-pollinated variety?

Yes, yellow crookneck, yellow straightneck and several others.  Still trying but so far failing to successfully propagate for the seed circle the yellow pattypan from HSL. 
http://www.vegetableseeds.net/Marrow_Zloty_Cepelin_p/maro02b.htm
Zloty Cepelin

 

Oh yes, thank you, I do have a yellow crookneck growing (very slowly) and I'd forgotten about it! Funny, I somehow don't think of them as courgettes, which is silly.

[Jayb]

I'm guessing that the pantheon courgettes came so early because they didn't need pollination ?

I should think, the first female flower formed and set straight off and I don't think there was a male around at the time.  They are certainly doing the job, with lots of fruit growing (well 3, plus the one I cut earlier) and lots of female flowers forming.