Sowing Seeds Pt. 2 - Indoors Cont.

Courgettes have to to be the ultimate reliable option for a small place gardener; only a one or two plants will produce more than enough for one person if they get going. I sowed seeds of Defender, One Ball, and Patriot at the start of April. They came up within a few days, and grew on well. 

However. They became pot-bound. I think I sowed them too early, so when they were ready to be going outside, the weather was not ready for them. It seems once the roots have been stuck at a certain size, they wont expand again when given more room - when I investigated the roots of the weakening plants, I saw they had not explored the new soil. Of the six plants that looked so good, only one made it on to adulthood. It was a Defender, so is a fairly standard green variety. Rather sad not to have any yellow One Ball survivors, but, lesson is learnt for next year. 

One plant, one bucket: First Courgette!