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my courgette plant has been growing in greenhouse and its huge . it has not had flowers on and it has a piece about 3 foot long and some curly bits and other things growing off it
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Silly question are you sure its a courgette?
The curly bits are tendrills produced by a climbing plant to attach itself to such as a trellis, as far as I can see the other growths look like flower buds.
I have to say its the most cucumber looking courgette I have ever seen
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Ermmmmmm, that's how courgettes grow, Flopsy, they trail - apart from the bush type courgettes that are more compact. The curly bits are for climbing up things, as a cucumber does. You can use this to your advantage if you put a few stakes in and train the plant up them. Do you know what sort of courgette it is?Comment
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Most courgettes that people grow these days do tend to be bush varieties with the more trailing varieties being marrows or summer / winter squashes. The bush ones tend to be much more compact but the trailing ones can go on forever
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I think we really need to know what variety it is. Did you sow it yourself or did you buy a plant?Comment
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My bet is on a cue as well,looks like growth comming from the leaf joints,in the past i have has squash trail a bit,but not like that,unless it is extremly leggy,could be the labels have got mixed up in the shop,sigpicAnother nutter ,wife,mother, nan and nanan,love my growing places,seed collection and sharing,also one of these
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i have had another look and i didn't have a label on it .i have courgettes growing and they look a bit similar on the leaves. this the first time i have grown these.
i grew it from seed. i got the seeds bought for me and if its a courgette it is called courgette all green bush. packet of seeds are called kings seed.
if its a cucumber the packet is cucumber marketmore76. and the packet of seeds are called country valueComment
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Right, it's definitely not a bush courgette, so that leaves you with cucumber marketmore.Comment
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As I suspected now all you need to do is stick a cane in your morrisons bucket and carefully tie in the plant, jobs a goodun.
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If it helps, I have a cucumber in my greenhouse that is doing an exceptionally good impression of a butternut squash. Trailing all over the floor and producing little butternut shaped cucs
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Playful things, cucurbits.Whooops - now what are the dogs getting up to?Comment
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Mine don't seem to be playing...........
S*d the housework I have a lottie to dig
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Mines playing hidey until the sun comes out.Location....East Midlands.Comment
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Yep - they don't always play nicely
Last edited by Jeanied; 18-07-2012, 10:24 PM.Whooops - now what are the dogs getting up to?Comment
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