Courgette daft question

[BarbaraGood]

They are about 8" long, in pots, was intending to keep them in til Mid May then plant out. Do they spread across the ground?! Or do I have to support them? Told you it was daft  ;D I think I must hold the record for daft questions!

[BarbaraGood]

[manicscousers]

actually,it's not daft at all,  you can get both, ours are green bush., which is a bush.and tondo, which will climb so it depends on what type you've got  :)

[BarbaraGood]

Aha Iam glad its not so daft, but I am none the wiser! I got a load of seeds from Lidl as I am starting out and wanted to keep costs down, but they don't appear to be very common! They are Diamant Hybrids....

[manicscousers]

never heard of them..if they seem to be going long, I would imagine they are trailers, perhaps someone else has grown them..we've got lots of lidl seeds as well..good, aren't they?  ;D

[BarbaraGood]

They have gone LOOPy, if that's a sign of being good, then yes  ;D

I will wait and see what they look like WANT to do, surely climbers will have some little tendrils to attach to a cane/whatever? Or maybe they are not so clever!!

[manicscousers]

not sure, i think we tied our tondo in last year, I don't think they had in built tendrils..we trained it up a wigwam sort of thing  ;D

[Hyacinth]

Yep, those that sprawl can also be tied in to structures.....last year I'd some dinky wooden fencing I'd salvaged ::) so grew one along that. Neat trick 8)

[knbsallotment]

I had to plant my cougettes out last weekend - as they'd become giants and we didn't have any bigger pots!!! They are doing ok at the mo - but will be covering them tomorrow with bubble wrap, just in case. Also had to plant out a couple of my Turk's Turbans, as, like the cougettes, I just didn't have any pots big enough. Think I planted a little too early - but have a few more cougettes coming on just in case I lose them. Think mine are 'Gold rush.' First time I've grown this variety, so have no idea if they are bush or trailers.

[saddad]

Gold rush is a bush... but will sprawl a bit towards the end of the season...
;D

[Jeannine]

I hate to be the bearer of bad news but  I am Pretty sure Diamante F1 is a pickling  cucumber not a courgette XX Jeannine

I think you will probably  find it listed under gherkins in the UK not pickling cucumber

[knbsallotment]

Ah, excellent - I get the best of both worlds!!!  A bush plant that trails! Woo hoo!  ;D

[saddad]

Not so much trail Knb but as the new fruit/flowers are further up the stem it tends to be top heavy and lean over....
:-\

[blisters]

I grew Diamant from Lidl last year.  It was a bush type courgette and cropped well. 

It was a bit of a surprise package though, as we got dark green and strippy light green courgettes all from the same pack of seeds.  All tasted good though, so I was quite pleased to get a bit of variety - all for 49p ;D

[BarbaraGood]

Oh well Bilsters, betwen your and Jeannine's replies I will jsut wait and see what I get from them  ;D

This year is going to be one giant experiment!

[tim]

Names - names!!

http://www.nvsuk.org.uk/garden_equipment/seeds-plants/vegetable-seed.php?ref=62

http://potager.courgette.free.fr/histoire_et_variete.htm

[Jeannine]

Who would be a gardener eh Tim.. XX Jeannine

[nittynora]

Lidl are European I think?

So if this is true I'd go with the French version ???

[Jeannine]

I there is a picture on the packet. the courgette will be long.green and smooth and the gherkin will be short ,green and rough, also ther courgette will be big and the gherkin flower will be smaller XX Jeannine