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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: Hector on July 05, 2009, 18:09:17

Title: Corgettes outdoors in North England
Post by: Hector on July 05, 2009, 18:09:17
At the risk of asking another silly one...are you all growing courgettes outside across the North?
Title: Re: Corgettes outdoors in North England
Post by: grannyjanny on July 05, 2009, 18:11:48
We've got 2 on the plot & it's windy up there :).
Title: Re: Corgettes outdoors in North England
Post by: Hector on July 05, 2009, 18:13:36
Thank you :)
Title: Re: Corgettes outdoors in North England
Post by: grannyjanny on July 05, 2009, 18:15:13
Pleasure :).
Title: Re: Corgettes outdoors in North England
Post by: upnorth on July 05, 2009, 19:14:12
Hi just picked 8  large courgettes today  ;D planted 12 so will have to have courgettes with everthing  loads still growing on plant No problem growing outdoors here  up north
Regards steve
Title: Re: Corgettes outdoors in North England
Post by: Bjerreby on July 05, 2009, 19:26:52
Well, Denmark isn't exactly the north of England.........in so many ways. But for what its worth, I have courgettes, yes.
Title: Re: Corgettes outdoors in North England
Post by: busy_lizzie on July 05, 2009, 19:33:00
We have about nine courgette plants, which are all doing very well outside at our lottie. Have started picking some already. Think it will also be a good year for our pumpkins, and the corn is a high as an elephants eye, so we are really looking forward to lots of sweet corn in the next few weeks. busy_lizzie  ;D
Title: Re: Corgettes outdoors in North England
Post by: caroline7758 on July 06, 2009, 19:25:12
Courgettes are fine outdoors- they are the only veg I've never had any problem growing!
Title: Re: Corgettes outdoors in North England
Post by: philipnj on July 06, 2009, 19:33:09
ive got 2 in a grow bag outside
Title: Re: Corgettes outdoors in North England
Post by: GodfreyRob on July 07, 2009, 07:37:18
Ours do fine as long as they are given some protection from the wind when they are first planted out (we are in Wharfedale so definately in the north) - cold winds just turn them yellow and they give up!
Title: Re: Corgettes outdoors in North England
Post by: boltonlad on July 07, 2009, 08:49:45
I have two types growing zuchinni (courgette type) and long green something (marrow type), out of the two the marrow types seem to be far outgrowing and vigorous than the courgette.  Yep am up here in the north of england bolton to be exact the home of rain.
Title: Re: Corgettes outdoors in North England
Post by: jokey on July 07, 2009, 09:29:19
i have two in buckets and one in the ground and have already had loads of cougettes, defo can grow outdoors in the north, i am from warrington
Title: Re: Corgettes outdoors in North England
Post by: Theplotthickens on July 07, 2009, 16:19:22
Central Scotland........nae worries, even got me a good looking butternut squash too.
Title: Re: Corgettes outdoors in North England
Post by: Hector on July 07, 2009, 20:00:45
Quote from: Theplotthickens on July 07, 2009, 16:19:22
Central Scotland........nae worries, even got me a good looking butternut squash too.

Are they Glaswegian squash then? Made from girders?