How to grow zucchini in pots starting from the seed

    How to grow zucchini in pots. Some useful tips for sowing and growing zucchini in pots.

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    Le zucchini they are one of the symbolic vegetables of summer. Let's enjoy them when they are in season and try to cultivate them in our garden, even simply in pot, if we do not have other spaces available. Smaller courgettes, the round courgettes and climbing varieties, which can be developed on special supports and racks.

    Sow the zucchini

    Zucchini seeds are light in color and flat and oval in shape. The sowing of the courgettes in the seedbed can take place starting from the months of February o March. Instead, you can sow the zucchini directly in pots from April to July. You are therefore still in time to sow your first courgettes. Get yourself gods organic seeds or as natural as possible to obtain high quality vegetables. The zucchini harvest usually takes place from April to September and varies according to the time of sowing and the region in which they are grown.

    Sowing in a seedbed

    You can use a simple jar of yogurt as a seedbed for your zucchini. Bury the seed about 3 millimeters away from the surface of the soil, water with a sprayer every evening and keep away from direct sun. In a few days you will observe the development of the shoots and the first growth of the seedling, which can be transferred to an intermediate pot after the first two leaves have sprouted. When 4 or 6 true leaves are born - the first two leaves are "fake" - you can transfer your seedling into a ultimate glass, preferably round or square in shape and rather large, i.e. having a diameter and a height of at least 30-35 centimeters.



    Preparation of the jars

    You can start the cultivation of zucchini in pots starting from a plant purchased or obtained directly from you starting from a seedbed. In late spring and summer you can sow the seedlings directly in pots, remembering that sowing in a seedbed allows you to grow more specimens and choose the strongest seedlings.

    How to grow zucchini in pots starting from the seed

    To prepare the final pot in which to grow the zucchini, cover the bottom with a layer of balls of expanded clay and choose del rich and organic soil (if you buy it, check the certification and the indications on the package). You can enrich the soil with some homemade compost. At the time of decanting, you will need to create a hollow in the center of the soil and make sure that the leaves at the base of the zucchini plant are as close as possible to the surface of the soil. In the case of climbing courgettes, equip yourself with sticks to use as tutors and with threads with which to eventually tie the plants to support them better.

    Collected

    As for the harvest, it is possible that the first courgettes are very small, dry out or tend to fall off the plant. Their removal will favor one better development of subsequent vegetables. Pick up the courgettes with the help of a knife, cutting off the base and making sure not to damage the stems and leaves of the plant. The zucchini harvest can continue for over a month.

    Male and female courgette flowers

    Many of you will love the courgette flowers. They stand out in female flowers e male flowers. The female flowers grow on the top of the courgette and should not be harvested, otherwise the courgette will stop developing. Male flowers are distinguished by their long stems and can be harvested in the morning when their corollas open. But don't collect all the male flowers at once, though avoid pollination problems and so as not to hinder the abundance of your crop and the growth of the zucchini themselves. The same distinction also applies to i courgette flowers.



    How to grow zucchini in pots starting from the seed

    Watering and care

    In summer watered your jars of zucchini aearly in the morning and will be, with a simple spray. Watering that is too abundant could lead to the roots to rot and the leaves to dry out. Zucchini plants lovesun exposure, for this reason choose the sunniest area of ​​the balcony or courtyard to place your pots. To prevent the plants from getting sick, do not water the leaves and store them sheltered from rain and hail.

    Garlic against parasites

    The treatment and prevention of adversities that can affect zucchini, and which can be caused by aphids, fungi or bacteria, are prevented with a garlic decoction, to be sprayed every 2 or 3 days on the soil in the evening. Bring to a boil a head of garlic chopped into a liter of boiling water and let it simmer for 15 minutes. Then let it cool, filter and spray at the base of the plant and on the soil around it.

    Another useful advice, valid for fairly large pots and in the garden, is the plant one or more garlic cloves in the vicinity of the courgette plants, so that disease prevention occurs in a completely natural way. It is a technique inspired bysynergistic agriculture and it can be used to protect all the plants in the garden, especially from aphids and fungal diseases. The garlic decoction it is preserved without problems in a bottle or in a spray bottle, stored away from light, for at least a week.

    Marta Albè
    (Texts and photos)

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