Category: Defender F1
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Planting courgettes: Atena F1 and Defender F1
Not so long ago I planted courgette Atena and Defender into pots, one variety produces a yellow courgette and the other variety produces a standard green courgette. A couple of the seedlings were victim to slug attack, so I didn’t end up with as many as I’d hoped. They’ve germinated…
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Sowing Courgettes: Atena F1 and Defender F1
Courgettes are a great fruit to grow and so easy to. They’ve been grown for thousands of years and during that time they’ve gone in and out of fashion. Courgettes get a bad rep for being watery and tasteless but these recipes by Nigel Slater or Hugh Fearnely-Whittingstall show that…