A bushy annual to around 1m tall with large, deeply lobed, silvery dark green leaves and edible yellow flowers in summer. An abundance of attractive, medium-sized, striped dark and pale green firm courgettes with a nutty taste follow the flowers. Best eaten when the fruit reaches around 25cm in length
0.5-1 metres
1-1.5 metres
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Start seeds off indoors from mid-April, or outdoors after all risk of frost has passed. Grow in soil enriched with compost or well-rotted manure, or in a peat-free growing bag, or large tub of peat-free multipurpose compost. Keep well-watered and feed every 10-14 days with a high potash liquid fertiliser once the first fruits start to swell. See courgette cultivation
Propagate by seed. See sowing vegetable seeds or sowing seeds indoors for further advice
No pruning required
May be susceptible to grey moulds on the fruit and powdery mildews on the foliage
