https://gardenandgossip.org/ Sat, 18 Apr 2026 14:55:57 +0000 MyBB https://gardenandgossip.org/showthread.php?tid=2470 Wed, 15 Apr 2026 17:09:58 +0000 Veggie]]> https://gardenandgossip.org/showthread.php?tid=2470 I have several packets of marrow seeds which I ignore every year because a marrow is a big watery thing. Right!
My question is - if they're picked when small are they the same as a courgette to eat and to cook with?

I'm sure your answer will be  - try it and see - but I'm hoping for a knowledgeable reply here. ]]> I have several packets of marrow seeds which I ignore every year because a marrow is a big watery thing. Right!
My question is - if they're picked when small are they the same as a courgette to eat and to cook with?

I'm sure your answer will be  - try it and see - but I'm hoping for a knowledgeable reply here. ]]> https://gardenandgossip.org/showthread.php?tid=2338 Mon, 28 Apr 2025 15:49:50 +0000 Veggie]]> https://gardenandgossip.org/showthread.php?tid=2338 https://gardenandgossip.org/showthread.php?tid=2309 Wed, 05 Feb 2025 09:23:24 +0000 Small chilli]]> https://gardenandgossip.org/showthread.php?tid=2309  . In one of the seed swaps you sent me a packet of squash winter chi chi. It’s a plain white packet with a printed label on it. No pictures. I’m just working out my sowing list for this year and googled said squash. Nothing! Can you or anyone please help me identify this?]]>  . In one of the seed swaps you sent me a packet of squash winter chi chi. It’s a plain white packet with a printed label on it. No pictures. I’m just working out my sowing list for this year and googled said squash. Nothing! Can you or anyone please help me identify this?]]> https://gardenandgossip.org/showthread.php?tid=2187 Wed, 03 Jul 2024 17:46:24 +0000 JJB]]> https://gardenandgossip.org/showthread.php?tid=2187  I'm absolutely devastated. 

I've got no one to blame but myself which is even worse. We have two sprayers, a middle sized and a big one. I mostly, but very seldom, use the smaller of the two. P has used the bigger one but not for some 5-10 years. I made up my potassium bicarbonate solution and put it in the midllesized sprayer which failed to pump. So I transferred the mixture to the bigger one and merrily sprayed every cucurbit leaf I had both upper and lower surface, against powdery mildew. I bet you can guess the rest of the story.  Half way through the day, which was cloudy, I noticed the courgettes were drooping then later on they were all collapsing.  I fear the big sprayer might have had weed killer residue but neither P or I have any recollection of using weedkiller in the near past,  it's just something we don't use.  I didn't think to swill out the sprayer, even if that would have helped. 

I have washed the leaves with a hose as well as possible but fear the worst. I understand cucurbits are especially sensitive to herbicides. All my courgettes, squashes and cucumbers are toast. I feel like throwing my hands up a giving up gardening.]]>  I'm absolutely devastated. 

I've got no one to blame but myself which is even worse. We have two sprayers, a middle sized and a big one. I mostly, but very seldom, use the smaller of the two. P has used the bigger one but not for some 5-10 years. I made up my potassium bicarbonate solution and put it in the midllesized sprayer which failed to pump. So I transferred the mixture to the bigger one and merrily sprayed every cucurbit leaf I had both upper and lower surface, against powdery mildew. I bet you can guess the rest of the story.  Half way through the day, which was cloudy, I noticed the courgettes were drooping then later on they were all collapsing.  I fear the big sprayer might have had weed killer residue but neither P or I have any recollection of using weedkiller in the near past,  it's just something we don't use.  I didn't think to swill out the sprayer, even if that would have helped. 

I have washed the leaves with a hose as well as possible but fear the worst. I understand cucurbits are especially sensitive to herbicides. All my courgettes, squashes and cucumbers are toast. I feel like throwing my hands up a giving up gardening.]]> https://gardenandgossip.org/showthread.php?tid=2185 Wed, 03 Jul 2024 08:30:51 +0000 JJB]]> https://gardenandgossip.org/showthread.php?tid=2185 https://gardenandgossip.org/showthread.php?tid=2174 Sat, 15 Jun 2024 20:15:24 +0000 Veggie]]> https://gardenandgossip.org/showthread.php?tid=2174
Doublyjonah mentioned them at https://gardenandgossip.org/showthread.p...084&page=6 .

Let's make a list of the varieties we come across - with retailers descriptions. 

Pumpkin Kakai https://www.organicseedspecialists.co.uk...n-kakai-2/

Baby Bear https://www.kingsseeds.com/products/vege...-baby-bear]]>
Doublyjonah mentioned them at https://gardenandgossip.org/showthread.p...084&page=6 .

Let's make a list of the varieties we come across - with retailers descriptions. 

Pumpkin Kakai https://www.organicseedspecialists.co.uk...n-kakai-2/

Baby Bear https://www.kingsseeds.com/products/vege...-baby-bear]]> https://gardenandgossip.org/showthread.php?tid=2167 Tue, 28 May 2024 13:34:00 +0000 Veggie]]> https://gardenandgossip.org/showthread.php?tid=2167
Cucumbers, courgettes, squash, melons and so on - all are welcome!

2023 thread - https://gardenandgossip.org/showthread.php?tid=1870
2022 thread - https://gardenandgossip.org/showthread.php?tid=1478
2021 thread  https://gardenandgossip.org/showthread.p...529#pid529
2020 thread https://gardenandgossip.org/showthread.p...71&page=22]]>
Cucumbers, courgettes, squash, melons and so on - all are welcome!

2023 thread - https://gardenandgossip.org/showthread.php?tid=1870
2022 thread - https://gardenandgossip.org/showthread.php?tid=1478
2021 thread  https://gardenandgossip.org/showthread.p...529#pid529
2020 thread https://gardenandgossip.org/showthread.p...71&page=22]]> https://gardenandgossip.org/showthread.php?tid=1953 Mon, 26 Jun 2023 13:39:44 +0000 JJB]]> https://gardenandgossip.org/showthread.php?tid=1953 ]]> ]]> https://gardenandgossip.org/showthread.php?tid=1871 Wed, 12 Apr 2023 15:44:03 +0000 Veggie]]> https://gardenandgossip.org/showthread.php?tid=1871 Round courgettes don't seem "right" to me - they should be long and straight. Not just that but they should be worth picking & big enough to eat. 
According to their packets, De Nice a Fruit Rond is best eaten raw when golfball size. Eight Ball is best harvested at pool/snooker ball size. I ask you, what is the point of growing something so small? I'd need at least 6 to make a meal.
Tondo di Toscana says" can be cropped from golf ball size for eating raw, slightly larger for slicing to tennis ball size for stuffing. Even a tennis ball doesn't seem very filling to me. 
Tell me, please, do you grow round courgettes and are they worth the effort?]]> Round courgettes don't seem "right" to me - they should be long and straight. Not just that but they should be worth picking & big enough to eat. 
According to their packets, De Nice a Fruit Rond is best eaten raw when golfball size. Eight Ball is best harvested at pool/snooker ball size. I ask you, what is the point of growing something so small? I'd need at least 6 to make a meal.
Tondo di Toscana says" can be cropped from golf ball size for eating raw, slightly larger for slicing to tennis ball size for stuffing. Even a tennis ball doesn't seem very filling to me. 
Tell me, please, do you grow round courgettes and are they worth the effort?]]> https://gardenandgossip.org/showthread.php?tid=1870 Wed, 12 Apr 2023 13:46:54 +0000 Veggie]]> https://gardenandgossip.org/showthread.php?tid=1870
Cucumbers, courgettes, squash, melons and so on - all are welcome!

2022 thread - https://gardenandgossip.org/showthread.php?tid=1478
2021 thread  https://gardenandgossip.org/showthread.p...529#pid529
2020 thread https://gardenandgossip.org/showthread.p...71&page=22]]>
Cucumbers, courgettes, squash, melons and so on - all are welcome!

2022 thread - https://gardenandgossip.org/showthread.php?tid=1478
2021 thread  https://gardenandgossip.org/showthread.p...529#pid529
2020 thread https://gardenandgossip.org/showthread.p...71&page=22]]> https://gardenandgossip.org/showthread.php?tid=1756 Sun, 27 Nov 2022 10:06:40 +0000 JJB]]> https://gardenandgossip.org/showthread.php?tid=1756

Anyone grown Tortarello or it might be called Amenian cucumber?]]>

Anyone grown Tortarello or it might be called Amenian cucumber?]]> https://gardenandgossip.org/showthread.php?tid=1656 Fri, 19 Aug 2022 17:08:03 +0000 Mark_Riga]]> https://gardenandgossip.org/showthread.php?tid=1656



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Has anyone grown these, was wondering if you pinch out the growing tip?

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Has anyone grown these, was wondering if you pinch out the growing tip?

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My cucs tend to have their own way in the gh, thereby I end up with a miniature Amazon jungle.  I dont prune avidly. Some say to nip out growing shoots when they hit the roof, some to nip out at 7 leaves (although to be fair I think that's for outside ones).  My usual varieties of Beth Alpha and Konsa  aren't too badly behaved but the Chinese Slangen I've grown this year seems a bit enthusiastic.  Do I tip it, will it then throw out even more side shoots?  What does the forum think?]]>
My cucs tend to have their own way in the gh, thereby I end up with a miniature Amazon jungle.  I dont prune avidly. Some say to nip out growing shoots when they hit the roof, some to nip out at 7 leaves (although to be fair I think that's for outside ones).  My usual varieties of Beth Alpha and Konsa  aren't too badly behaved but the Chinese Slangen I've grown this year seems a bit enthusiastic.  Do I tip it, will it then throw out even more side shoots?  What does the forum think?]]> https://gardenandgossip.org/showthread.php?tid=1572 Sun, 29 May 2022 16:19:39 +0000 Vinny]]> https://gardenandgossip.org/showthread.php?tid=1572 ]]> ]]>