courgette plants getting big

[compo49]

grown plants in g/house and potted on twice now getting too big again for 8inch pots  can i plant out yet or will i have  to wait till end of month, do i  plant them on some manure for that is what i have heard? please help thanks.

[compo49]

[OllieC]

I've planted mine out & am keeping an eye out for frosts... but I'm pretty far south. How rotten is your manure?

[Fork]

Plant them out now if they are getting too big.

They like well manured soil and are very greedy.

The weather is cold at the moment but I think we wil be very unlucky if we get anymore frosts.if we do get a frost forecast you can alwys throw some fleece or old net curtains over.

[jockomorrocco]

if frost is threatened i always use upturned buckets to cover mine

[Crystalmoon]

Ive had some on my plot since April, I have surrounded them with fleece tents suppoted by canes. They are doing quite well but the two plants sown at the same time & potted into large plastic pots are massive in comparison. They plants in pots were outside in all the sunshine with fleece covering at night & have been back inside my plastic greenhouse (temperature of a cold frame really) for the few days off awful weather & cold snap we've had recently. They are so tall I have had to use canes as support. I am goibg to try to train them up the canes even though I know they naturally spread over the ground...hoping the experiment works  ;) 

[daileg]

im growing gem squash up a home made trellis loads of manure because i have the three sisters going i also trying to gro Marrows as well