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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: mergles on May 25, 2012, 21:48:23

Title: Help! Muddled cucmber and courgette plants. How can I sort them out?
Post by: mergles on May 25, 2012, 21:48:23
Left all my young plants out in the garden today, and darling grandchildren pulled out all the labels 'to make a road'.
I have two lots of what look like identical plants , and I can't tell which is which.
Is there any way to tell before they grow bigger, because the cucumbers are staying at home in pots, and courgettes are going to the plot, and i don't want  to mix them up.
Thanks in advance.
Title: Re: Help! Muddled cucmber and courgette plants. How can I sort them out?
Post by: hippydave on May 25, 2012, 21:50:07
The courgette will grow a lot faster that the cues so just wait a wee while and you will be able to tell them apart.
Title: Re: Help! Muddled cucmber and courgette plants. How can I sort them out?
Post by: goodlife on May 25, 2012, 21:57:06
Cucs will start to climb and courgettes stay 'down' and very soon you will see some immature courgettes emerging from between leaves.
The young plant of those two does look very similar but the differences will appear quite soon.. ;)
Title: Re: Help! Muddled cucmber and courgette plants. How can I sort them out?
Post by: mergles on May 25, 2012, 22:05:35
Thank you - guess I'll have to re-pot them and wait a bit.  I was hoping to be able to plant the cucumbers into their final pots over the weekend, but never mind there's plenty of other stuff to do now the weather has finally changed.
Title: Re: Help! Muddled cucmber and courgette plants. How can I sort them out?
Post by: Jeannine on May 26, 2012, 05:15:52
If you crush a leaf the cuke smell well like a cucumber
Title: Re: Help! Muddled cucmber and courgette plants. How can I sort them out?
Post by: sunloving on May 26, 2012, 08:35:07
Just what i was going to say, and the courgette will smell of courgette!
good luck at least it was only two!
x sunloving