courgettes (info required)

I have planted a courgette(green bush) in a 30 litre container in my greenhouse.The plant has taken off like wildfire and I have a flower and courgettes forming.Is there any special treatment that the plant needs
eg staking etc.I have never grown a courgette before so it is hit and hope at the moment

 

feed with tomorite from now, let them fall to the floor, protecting the fruit with cardboard.

 

Some are bush varieties, but even those give a good impression of trailing by the end of the season.

No need to stake, but as Lad said, a bit of cardboard can stop them sittting on the dirt if they droop down.

Strip the petals from the male flowers and rodger the female ones.

Pick regularly, they'll quickly turn into marrows otherwise.

 

If there's no insects in there to do it, assisted pollination.

 

My way sounds more fun

 

Probably won't need staking as they are short-jointed plants, but I've never grown one in a pot and I expect mine "rest" on the ground a bit, so maybe you will need to stake it.

Give it some high-Potash feed (e..g Tomato fertilizer) to encourage it to fruit. And plenty of water. And don't allow to to get cold - below about +8C night temperature and it will sulk, but it should be OK in a greenhouse now unless we get a very sharp last frost.

 

Worth you looking at the cost of Tomorite (assuming you do actually mean that brand, rather than using the term as a generic "Tomato fertilizer" - which I expect we are all guilty of!)

Last time I did the sums I was horrified at how much that particular brand name cost, relative to the Own Brand stuff - even doing the sums for concentration and dilution and thus getting a like-for-like figure.

Mind you, the price of Tesco's Bog paper is a fraction of that of Andrex, and I can't tell the different on my bum, so may I shouldn't be surprised about Tomorite.

Since starting to use MySupermarket to place my online Tesco's order, and using their Substitution advice to choose cheaper products, we've saved a lot of money. The first time I used it we saved about 15% on a £300 shop I think. Never really thought about using Tesco's Own Loo Rolls until then ... nor the fact that 2 x 200g packs could often be significantly cheaper than a single 400g pack

 

Three prices in my town same bottle same Tomorite, same size.

£7.80. £5.75 and £3.70.
The most expensive is from an "Old style" gardening shop. The cheapest at QD.

The Middle one Morrisons.

 

good prices there Lad, my local garden center Frosts are normally charging £9.99 for 5 ltrs but have it on half price for this month wasn't sure if that was good or not as i'm a newbie to all this gardening mularky :o

 

Home made comfrey water is free:

 

You beat me to it Scrunge With added nettles too.

 

Sorry, what I meant was to compare Tomorite with Brand-X, taking into account dilution and application rates etc., rather than compare Tomorite from various suppliers (for sure some will be cheaper than others)

For example this thread:

http://gardenerscorner.co.uk/forum/edible-gardening/9818-tomato-feed.html#post297848

 

I use Tomorite by Levingtons always have done and like Coca cola if they changed the recipe I would be up in arms.

 

Well in that case you have your head stuck in the sand and are paying over the odds.

Generic formulations can be just as good - I've tried them for the last two years having used Tomorite exclusively for years before that - and not noticed any differences - other than the saving in my pocket.

But its your money for you to spend how you wish, of course :thumb: