Property News · April 30, 2016

How to grow perfect courgettes and squash | Alys Fowler


Cucurbits – whether that’s cucumbers or courgettes, squash or pumpkins – sown in early May will catch up quickly with earlier sowings I like it when bumblebees go at it with courgette flowers. They come out dusted in brilliant yellow pollen, like a sherbet bomb all dazed and confused. Sometimes I think this is reason enough to grow courgettes and their siblings, summer squashes. That, and all the wonderful fruit that is a byproduct of that pollen love-in.This weekend is the perfect time to sow them if you haven’t already. Cucurbits, whether that’s cucumbers or courgettes, squash or pumpkins, resent cold, wet weather and are easy targets for slugs. If you have plants on the windowsill that can’t hold themselves upright, start again. Floppy seedlings will be slug fodder and nothing more. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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