Courgette / Zucchini

Cucurbita pepo var. cylindrica

Plant family

Curcurbits (Cucurbitaceae)

Season Overview

Propagating

Planting

Harvest

Details

Light requirement

Sunny

Water requirement

Very humid

Soil

Light (sandy)

Nutrient requirement

High

Seeding distance

100 cm

Row spacing

100 cm

Seeding depth

3 cm

Instructions

Mid of July

Fertilizing

Every four Weeks

End of July

Hygiene

Every week

Description

Zucchini is an annual cucurbit plant with bushy growth and large leaves on long stalks. The fruits of 1-2 plants are usually enough to cover their own needs.

Origin:

Central America

Growing tips

Zucchinis grow very quickly. However, apart from a high water and nutrient requirements, they are quite undemanding. Lack of water or nutrients, as well as other stress factors, lead to the increased formation of male flowers that cannot form fruit. To form fruit, the female flowers must be fertilized. You should harvest the first fruits relatively small. In combination with regular harvesting, you will stimulate flower and fruit formation. Cool and wet weather sometimes leads to weak fruit formation, which is due to lack of pollination under these weather conditions. Plants are also susceptible to powdery mildew under these conditions. In cooler weather, plants preferentially form male flowers.

Companion Plants

Basil

Bean (Broad bean / Faba bean / Field bean)

Bean (Runner bean)

Beetroot

Borage

Carrots

Celery (Celeriac / Celery root)

Celery (Celery)

Chamomile

Common marigold

Corn / Maize

Leeks

Lettuce (Lettuce)

Onion

Onion (Spring onion)

Oregano

Parsley

Sunflower

Antagonistic Plants

Cucumber / Gherkin

Jerusalem artichoke / Topinambur

Lovage

Potato

Pumpkin / Squash

Radish

Diseases

Angular leaf spot of cucumber

Soft rot

Grey mold

Powdery mildews

Pests

Spider mites

Leaf-miner flies

White fly