Courgette Courcourzelle

Packet Content 15 seeds

Attractive, striped fruit that is an old Italian variety with a sweet and nutty flavour. Produces smaller plants, perfect for containers and the veg bed. Productive plants crop all summer long, perfect to pick when 20cm long. Harvest July-September. Height 40-50cm (16-20"); spread 50-60cm (20-24").

Growing Information

Sow seeds singly 2.5cm (1") deep into 7.5cm (3") pots indoors or in a greenhouse at 18-25°C (64-77°F). Grow on and plant out in the garden after hardening off, when the risk of frost has passed leaving 60cm (24") each way between plants. Alternatively plant in 45cm (18") containers. Can also be sown directly outdoors into warm, well-drained, moist soil after the risk of frost has passed, sowing 2-3 seeds at 60cm (24") intervals and thinning out to the strongest seedling.

Sowing Information

Sow seeds singly 2.5cm (1") deep into 7.5cm (3") pots indoors or in a greenhouse at 18-25°C (64-77°F). Grow on and plant out in the garden after hardening off, when the risk of frost has passed leaving 60cm (24") each way between plants.
Alternatively plant in 45cm (18") containers.
Can also be sown directly outdoors into warm, well-drained, moist soil after the risk of frost has passed, sowing 2-3 seeds at 60cm (24") intervals and thinning out to the strongest seedling.