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their own. When you are here in San Diego, California, cougettes can sometimes be too easy! LAST YEAR I GREW COURGETTES WHICH DEVELOPED MILDEW AND ROTTED WHEN ABOUT 3 INCHES LONG. I HAVE TRIED AGAIN THIS YEAR AND WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR ANY TIPS TO PREVENT

I am growing courgettes in the greenhouse for the first time this year. I'm not sure if this is a good idea - maybe they would be better outside but I don't have much room. I was wondering, do they need all their leaves or can I remove some

the weather picks up - courgettes do well with lots of nutrients in the soil (my raised bed is about half and half good topsoil and well rotted manure - you can't get much richer than that!), and they'll go on cropping well into the autumn - providing we get

Hi, I have a new raised bed, 1m x 1m and 30cm deep.  I plan to use it for courgette/squash plants - should I fill it with a mixture of topsoil and well rotted farmyard manure, or would you advise using 'multi-purpose compost'? The first

. Not risking risking courgettes, squash or toms outdoors just yet but toms are planted in the GH bed. Am going to try growing Atlantic Giants this year myself, on a raised no dig bed with plenty of well rotted manure in the bottom layers as they do like

gardener – naturally gave me the bit of garden she didn’t want: a north-facing bindweed-ridden patch of earth beneath an apple tree. There I grew courgettes, carrots, lettuce and runner beans. I harvested the carrots too early (how my mum laughed

I am slightly confused over this. Some people here thinks that you can do this with all veg and others only with solanceas (Tomatoes, chilies and peppers). Can some cast some light on this for me. If you could to this with beans, marrows, courgettes

also read about growing courgettes on top of manure, but I still think it has to be well rotted so as not to burn the plant. The only time fresh manure is used is to make a hotbed. This has been featured on GW several times over the years and was a

i am new to growing veg ,my courgette seedlings are all in individual pots but after being in sun some leaves are drying out ,how do i restore them Drying out how? Changing colour? Crisping up? In the meantime, the most common problem with seedlings

, the same goes for marrows and courgettes.  The flowers fall off the males when the pollen has been spent.  The flowers fall off the females in due time.  If the fruit rots and falls off it has not been fertilized.  Do not feed until you have fertilized