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This productive French variety of courgette has a sweet, delicate taste and is versatile in the kitchen. The pretty fruit are often referred to as ‘white’ but are in fact a very pale light green and cylindrical in shape. It’s a semi late variety, so you can be harvesting from July until October.
0.5-1 metres
1-1.5 metres
| Season | Stem | Flower | Foliage | Fruit |
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| Spring | ||||
| Summer | ||||
| Autumn | ||||
| Winter |
Grow in a sunny spot in rich, well-drained soil. Enrich soil with well rotted horse manure or compost during the previous autumn or that spring. Courgettes prefer acidic to neutral soil so adjust pH if neccessary. Courgettes are thirsty and hungry plants so need regular watering and a feed every 10–14 days with a high potassium liquid fertiliser, such as tomato feed, once the first fruits start to swell. Harvest July to October. See courgette cultivation for futher information.
Propagate by seed. See sowing vegetable seeds or sowing seeds indoors for further advice
No pruning required. Regular harvesting extends cropping.
May be susceptible to aphids, Powdery mildews, downy mildews and grey moulds.