cucumber or courgette seedlings? forgot what i planted

mountainviews

Hi there, I have cucumbers and courgettes in my greenhouse, the seedlings are about two weeks old and I can't remember which is which? how do you tell the difference?

I would show a picture but I dont know how to?

officeguru

You'll have no difficulty once you have some leaves on the plants...

The courgette will have big fan shaped leaves whereas the cucumber ones are a lot smaller...

Also the cucumber is a climber, so it has a long stalk with leaves along the stalk, whereas the courgette mainly come from the centre.

Hopes this helps

Cheers

ps If you google them both, you'll easily see the difference

annie123

courgette is bigger

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26PeQDCMGrI

peter_the_piper

When the first leaves come up, look at the seed case. Long and thin--cucumber. Round and plump its a courgette.

mountainviews

looking at the youtube clip, I can definately see which ones are courgette, thanks!