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Courgette Summer Holiday F1 Vegetable Seeds

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Early, high yielding attractive round yellow striped fruit which can be harvested at any size. Baby fruit are perfect on BBQ skewers or larger tennis ball fruit are ideal for stuffing. The compact plants have very few spines and so make harvesting a cinch.
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Early, high yielding attractive round yellow striped fruit which can be harvested at any size. Baby fruit are perfect on BBQ skewers or larger tennis ball fruit are ideal for stuffing. The compact plants have very few spines and so make harvesting a cinch.
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SKU WW-1342
Country of Manufacture United Kingdom
Manufacturer Plants of Distinction
Scientific name Cucurbita pepo
Common name Zucchini
Colour Yellow
Seeds/packet 10
Germination (days) 10-20 dgr
Plantavstånd ca 70 cm
Exposure Full Sun
Cultivation Advice Squashes, Courgettes, Marrows and Pumpkins are all members of the same family and are classified as either summer or winter squash. Squashes come in all shaped and sizes, from massive pumpkins to tiny patty pan squashes.

Summer squash has a thinner skin and is quicker to mature than winter squash: some varieties can be picked as early as 50 days after planting. Summer squashes include zucchini or courgettes and marrows. Begin harvesting courgettes when the young fruits reach 10cm long. Picking young fruits encourages the development of more fruits. Leaving the fruits to reach 20-25cm produces a Marrow. To test the ripeness of the Marrow push your thumbnail into the surface near the stalk, if this is easy it is ripe for picking.

Winter squash are large, thick skinned and slow growing: their fruit may take from 80 to 120 days to fully mature. In general, the larger the fruit, the longer the time to harvest. Winter squash include butternuts and pumpkins. Winter squash should not be cut until the skin is rock hard.

All squash are warm-weather plants that require protection from frost.

Squash seeds will germinate best at temperatures of 70° F (21° C) or higher. Ideally squash seed should be sown individually in 3 inch pots, two weeks after last frost.

In the UK, late May to early June is the best time to move plants outside, where they can grow on and mature in pots and containers, grow-bags or in beds. The amount of spacing required varies, but a good rule of thumb is to allow 36-60 inches (90-150cm) per plant.
Skörd(x) En planta kan ge ett 20-tal frukter eller mer. Skörda ofta så utvecklas nya frukter.
Ready to Harvest Early
Hybrid F1-Hybrid
Plant Height Other
Näring Rik på A- och C-vitamin samt flera viktiga mineraler.
Care Easy
KRAV marked No
Brand Plants of Distinction
Kort om odling Förkultivera i planteringsjord april-maj. Så två frön i varje kruka med planteringsjord. Vattna före sådd. Ställ i ett minidrivhus eller täck med genomskinlig plast försedd med lufthål. Placera dem varmt, ca 25 grader. Håll jorden fuktig inte blöt. När fröna grott, nyp av den svagaste plantan och placera krukorna, utan plasten, i ett ljust fönster, i ca 15-18 grader. Omplantera vid behov. Avhärda innan utplantering. Den kan även sås direkt på friland när jorden är ca 15 grader. Vattna jorden före sådd. Håll jorden fuktigt under hela grotiden.
Plantvård och plantering Plantera ut efter sista frost. Täck med fiberduk fiberduk för extra värme och skydd. För de flesta växter rekommenderas sk avhärdning. Det innebär att du gradvis under ungefär en vecka vänjer plantorna med uteklimatet genom att skydda dem mot alltför stark sol, vind och kyla. Om du inte kan, vill eller hinner avhärda så försök skydda plantorna genom att täcka med exempelvis fiberduk. Plantera i en kvalitetsjord, gärna ekologisk, som innehåller lera som binder gödsel/vatten som senare tillförs, sand så att jorden blir lucker och rötterna får luft och kompost som tillför näring och mikroorganismer. En bra jord gör att du inte behöver tillföra gödsel under de första veckorna.
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