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Sowing Courgettes in April (Not May) is your ticket to an Earlier Harvest
Learn why sowing courgettes in April gives earlier, stronger crops in the UK. Discover when, how, and where to sow for the best results.
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Cooking with Yellow Ball Courgettes – Beef & Rice
I love cooking and I admit I never follow a recipe properly. I always think it needs more of that or less of this. I’ve not always been good at cooking, when I was teenager, I used to burn everything and my mother use to say you’ll have to marry a man that can cook…
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Courgette, Squash, Pumpkin – Male & Female Flowers Explained
Courgettes, Squashes and Pumpkins have the same characteristic large yellow star like flowers but it’s a little confusing which flower produces the vegetable. In this article I’ll explain the differences between Male and Female Flowers and help with problems relating to flowers and pollination. How to Identify the Male Flowers How to Identify the Female…
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How to Plant Courgettes in a Raised Bed with Video
I’m excited to grow another Ball courgette this year, called ‘Summer Holiday F1’. It’s a yellow stripy variety which should make a bright statement in the vegetable garden. My Courgettes are ready to be planted outside. However this week (10th – 14th June) the British weather has gone cool, with temperatures dipping overnight. A word…
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Oh Balls! I’m Growing Courgette Balls
I grow Ball Courgettes every year, they are round instead of the normal long shaped courgettes. I love the ball round courgettes as they form on compact plants and they look stunningly unusual in the vegetable garden. A Ball courgette plant can form up to 3 or 4 courgette balls on one plant at one…
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1 Courgette, 2 Courgette, 3 Courgette and more..
It’s certainly been a bumper year for courgettes, I thought I’d never say this but when do they stop?! I thought that 3 ball courgettes per plant on two plants were just enough to deal with, my husband decided to give the plants a feed with Tomato-rite and two weeks later, we have more to…
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Interesting Vegetables: Growing Ball Courgettes – Green Striped Ball – Piccolo F1
The shape of these courgettes fascinates me and how they grow on the courgette plant. One of the best things about growing your own vegetables is the wide variety of shapes and different varieties you can grow yourself and not find in the shops. Why grow normal courgettes, when you can grow ball courgettes? A…
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Interesting Vegetables : Growing Yellow Round Ball Courgettes
This year 2020, I am growing yellow round courgettes and what a success they have been. They look like round yellow balls with a green sprout of hair where the stalk is. They are fascinating to watch growing and my daughter loves pointing at them in the garden. They are a bit woody if they…
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