The bushy plants of Zucchini Golden produce bright golden cylindrical fruits that are long and slender. They have an excellent flavour and produce a manageable sized crop, not as prolific as some but but the flavour more than makes up for this AND not everyone wants to be buried under a mound of courgettes! They have the added bonus, obvious once they start to fruit, of being easy to spot amongst the foliage.
SOW: 1 seed per pot from late April to end of May, under cover or on a windowsill. Sow the seeds on their edges about 1cm below the surface.
GROW: keep moist, but not waterlogged, harden off and plant out after all danger of frost has passed. In cooler areas you can protect young plants with cloches until they have settled in. Courgettes are trouble free and prolific - keep an eye on them and keep picking!
ENJOY: try sliced and pan fried or diced into an omelette. There are lots of recipe ideas for courgettes. To Freeze – slice or dice, (you can blanch for 1 minute, but we never have) pack into portions and freeze.
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