I Need Some Help!!

I have some tomatoes which ones do you have? Do you have some seeds that i could try that might not do anything like maybe corn or something?

 

if you could spare some that would be great :D

 

Are you already growing some Courgettes then? If so I would recommend not growing any more / too many, as they are very prolific. Similarly with Squash, if you have some on the go, as they take up a huge amount of space.

 

Yes, I normally stop at around 50 plants, any more and it gets a bit out of hand.



I've also got another 12 earlier sown mini bush courgettes (about 300mm high) in a polytunnel

 

Not really suitable advice for a newbie though? 4 plants Courgettes ought to be ample for anyone just starting out (and I expect that many people here cope just fine with fewer than that, we grow 6 plants and I think that is excessive), unless they have some particular reason for wanting to grow a huge quantity. Bit different if you have grown them before and know a) how much they produce and b) have a need to "process" a large crop.

 

One for the slugs, one for the cutworms (eating through the stem just below the ground), one for the stem to split, one for the crow (they sometimes pull them up) and one to grow, plus spares that if not required as donations to local charity plant sale. And that doesn't include losses from plants shredded by hailstorms when hardening off, wind damage and red ants making nests amongst their roots. Only sowing one pot of each variety of squash can lead to a zero crop that year if anything goes wrong with it.

 

Well FWIW I've never lost one, after it has been planted out. I probably have at the seedling stage, in pot, prior to that (although I don't remember it happening )

 

Unfortunatly due the unexpected heatwave we are having the seedlings died due to how hot the greenhouse was. If any of you have any seeds left i would be gratedful if i could have some :D

 

The best variety is zucchini we have had nearly marrow sized fruits the plant in the past and we grew them it a make shift plastic blow away greenhouse and in small pots and grow bags :D

 

Best not to let the Courgette / Zucchini varieties produce "marrows" ... as they will stop producing new fruit, and they don't taste as good as varieties bred specifically to produce marrows IMO.

 

Which variaties do you grow and do you have any spare?

 

I grow whichever is on offer in the garden centre in the Autumn (when they have a 50p-a-packet sale). Normally that is Green Bush, this year it is Defender. That packet had 20 seeds, I've sown 10 to get 6 plants and have 10 seeds left for next year. So 25p a season.

Premier Seeds sell them for 99p, +45p postage:
http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Premier-Seeds-Direct/Courgette-Zucchni-/_i.html?_fsub=433323018

No additional postage if you buy more items, and postage free for 6+ items#

You'll probably get them in Aldi/Lidl or Wilkos for 99p too