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'El Greco' Courgette Plants

RHS award winner - grow with confidence

Grown by Josh

South Downs National Park

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'El Greco' Courgette Plants Vegetables
'El Greco' Courgette Plants Vegetables
'El Greco' Courgette Plants Vegetables
'El Greco' Courgette Plants Vegetables

£8

Pre-order for delivery Mid April

Pre-order for delivery Mid April

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The highlights

  • Glossy mid-green classic courgettes
  • The best for flavour, with no bitterness
  • Perfect for raised beds and borders
  • Crops all summer with regular picking

Description

  • Classic glossy green courgette El Greco crops prolifically from early summer and has an open habit for easy harvests
  • Fabulous flavour with no bitterness - roast, slice into ratatouille or onto pizza or spiralise for a healthy pasta alternative
  • RHS Award of Garden Merit winner
  • Grow in borders, veg plots or raised beds
  • Edible flowers are a delicacy when stuffed with ricotta and deep fried
  • Plant out after the first frosts and harvest from June to October
  • Premium garden ready plants grown by vegetable experts on a family run farm in Lancashire and sent to you at the best possible time for planting
  • Growing your own gives you healthy, fresh produce with a lower carbon plantprint than anything you can buy from a shop
  • These compact, bushy plants are easy to grow and care for - plant in a sunny raised bed or border and wait for the crops to roll in. You should see your first courgettes within 6-8 weeks

What To Expect

Supplied as:

Garden-ready plant in a 8.5cm Pot
Garden-ready Plants in 8.5cm Pots (Triple Pack)
Plant in a 2L Pot
Extra Large Plant in a 2L Pot x 2

Height on arrival:

Eventual height:

45cm
45cm
45cm
45cm

Eventual spread:

90cm
Spreads approx 90cm
90cm
Spreads approx 90cm
90cm
Spreads approx 90cm
90cm
Spreads approx 90cm

Tasting notes:

Fresh and nutty
Fresh and nutty
Fresh and nutty
Fresh and nutty

Time to first crop:

6-8 weeks
Best harvested at 10-15cm long - the more you harvest, the more the plant will produce!
6-8 weeks
Best harvested at 10-15cm long - the more you harvest, the more the plant will produce!
6-8 weeks
Best harvested at 10-15cm long - the more you harvest, the more the plant will produce!
6-8 weeks
Best harvested at 10-15cm long - the more you harvest, the more the plant will produce!

Hardiness:

Not hardy
Plant out after any threat of frost has passed, in a sunny, sheltered place.
Not hardy
Plant out after any threat of frost has passed, in a sunny, sheltered place.
Not hardy
Plant out after any threat of frost has passed, in a sunny, sheltered place.
Not hardy
Plant out after any threat of frost has passed, in a sunny, sheltered place.

Uses:

Roasting, spiralising, frying. The flowers are excellent stuffed and fried.
Roasting, spiralising, frying. The flowers are excellent stuffed and fried.
Roasting, spiralising, frying. The flowers are excellent stuffed and fried.
Roasting, spiralising, frying. The flowers are excellent stuffed and fried.

Rootstock:

Spacing:

90cm
Courgettes should be planted about 90cm apart as they spread out a lot.
90cm
Courgettes should be planted about 90cm apart as they spread out a lot.
90cm
Courgettes should be planted about 90cm apart as they spread out a lot.
90cm
Courgettes should be planted about 90cm apart as they spread out a lot.

How To Grow

Good pest and disease resistance

Our vegetable plug plants are bred for good pest and disease resistance, but may still be susceptible to common problems.The most common courgette pests and diseases are powdery mildew, whitefly, aphids, slugs and snails.The best protection against these scourges is to try and prevent too much water sitting on the leaves by watering in the morning and preventing splashing from the soil to the leaves. Also planting companion plants such as marigolds will attract predators such as ladybirds and hoverflies which will eat the pests.

Water regularly

Courgettes are pretty thirsty plants - water the plants regularly to keep the ground constantly moist. If you are unsure, feel the soil with your hand. If it feels dry up to a fingernail deep then you can give the plant a watering. During very hot, dry spells you may have to water up to twice a day.

Full sun

Courgettes are best planted in full sun. Position your plants where they will receive 6-8 hours of direct sunlight every day.

Any fertile, well-draining soil

It is always a good idea to work in a decent amount of organic matter such as garden compost into your garden soil until it becomes crumbly and rich. If your soil is very sandy or clay heavy then you should use a mix of three parts quality compost and one part garden top soil.

Feed regularly

Courgettes are particularly hungry plants which benefit from an initial feed added to the soil such as chicken manure pellets to add a boost of nutrients. When they start flowering, start feeding weekly. Use a fertilizer high in potash such as chicken manure pellets or liquid tomato feed. Potash, or potassium, is one of the three main elements in fertilisers along with nitrogen and phosphorus. Potash stimulates growth in the fruits and vegetables and so typically gardeners apply it as the plant begins to develop them. If possible you should add a layer of well-rotted manure to your soil the previous autumn and let it break down. This will add extra nutrients to the soil as well as improve its texture.

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Slow grown veg from the sunny South Downs

Our vegetable plants are sown on a family farm in Lancashire, then nurtured into strong young plants by Josh in the sunny South Downs before they rock up in your garden. By selecting only the strongest and tastiest varieties, Josh makes sure you get a headstart on your plot, with impressive crops and no waste.

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