courgette help please

heynonnynonny

Stilernin, would you recommend the growbags in half instead of containers?? I've got 36cm containers ready for mine but now thinking the growbag will allow more room.

Also I have about 8 young plants on the go, looks like I'll be having a lot of courgette soup, roasted courgette, erm, might need to pop to the old style board for some recipe ideas!!

Lotus-eater

kiwimama wrote: »

I just keep thinking of how many courgettes I could actually buy in the shops when you add up compost / grow bags etc LOL

Yes, you've hit on the main reason grow bags and growing things in pots, aren't very often financially worthwhile.
One of the reasons I encourage people to grow in the ground instead of pots, if they possibly can.

And courgettes are quite expensive compared to potatoes....

stilernin

heynonnynonny wrote: »

Stilernin, would you recommend the growbags in half instead of containers?? I've got 36cm containers ready for mine but now thinking the growbag will allow more room.

I think it is a close call between them both. It would depend on the volume of compost in each. Greater volume of compost = more roots = bigger plants.

Some people put growbag compost into containers because it has added fertilizer (which has to be supplemented after a few weeks).

You could try a few in each system and see what happens. Every year is a learning curve for us all.

Primrose

It's really too cold and windy to plant them outside yet. I'd repot them into a bigger pot temporarily and keep the compost a little drier.