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giving your plant better stability and more roots to seek the feed & moisture.  I do this for courgettes and tomatoes too. It also seems to work on flowering plants too, currently Cosmos, Ipomoea, Chilean Glory Vine are all doing well. I hate to disagree

to leave. The beds dedicated to growing hungry crops, such as beans and courgettes will need plenty of organic matter added, such as garden compost or well-rotted horse manure.Beds dedicated to growing root crops, such as carrots and parsnips will not have

of young bean seedlings an hour before planting. The roots of the plants should be well developed, but not pot-bound in the container.Erect a wigwam of long bamboo canes or sticks over an area of soil that has been improved by digging in plenty of well-rotted

compost for the top which we covered the surface with. Into this which looked good we then planted on one side; radish, little gem, courgette and i bought a butternut squash plant in the garden centre. All was going well for about 3 weeks. Then i started

and well-rotted manure to it every year. For a quick fix for this year, try adding comfrey pellets to each planting hole before you pop your vegetable plants in. You can also add an organic fertiliser, such as seaweed, to your watering can to water

have withstood the ferocious winds of the past few summers. Anyone found anything better than a compost heap to grow courgettes on? I garden in Bulgaria, could not find canes in the shops near here,so used branches and string. My beans are right up

. And even the onions and garlic got some kind of white rot last year, so didn't store well at all. At least the courgettes were reasonably successful.Never mind. I will persevere. To produce a ratatouille - so fresh and from your own grown produce

warmth to germinate, somewhere in the low 20s would be ideal. Too cold - and too damp - and the seeds will likely rot. Now it's a bit warmer and the squashes in the original sowing have all germinated and have poked their heads up through the compost

the seeds to grow them from the pumkin she got thanks Hi Joseph, I wouldn't recommend using the seeds from the pumpkin your wife bought. Pumpkins can cross-pollinate very easily with other cucurbits, including courgettes, so you couldn't guarantee that your

they are everywhere. I tipped the tops of  broad beans and that usually works, but not this year. I do have two courgettes on one plant. In fact one is about ready for harvesting. Thinking if we get a bright spot on Saturday I'll harvest the onions before they rot