Courgette Defender F1
- Delicious, glossy dark green courgettes – firm, tasty and refreshing.
- Neat, compact, and heavy cropping, perfect for containers or the vegetable plot.
- Highly nutritious – a good source of vitamins A, C and E.
- Home-grown for superbly fresh and pesticide-free produce.
- Supplied as 6 plug plants, ready to grow on and plant out when the risk of frost has past.
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Item: 380126
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Key Points
- Delicious, glossy dark green courgettes – firm, tasty and refreshing.
- Neat, compact, and heavy cropping, perfect for containers or the vegetable plot.
- Highly nutritious – a good source of vitamins A, C and E.
- Home-grown for superbly fresh and pesticide-free produce.
- Supplied as 6 plug plants, ready to grow on and plant out when the risk of frost has past.
Full Product Details
Product Information
An enduring favourite and holder of a coveted RHS Award of Garden Merit, ‘Defender’ crops early and has a picking season that can be twice as long as other varieties, producing heavy crops of delicious and firm, mid-green courgettes.
Harvest time is from July right through to October and the fruits should be picked when they’re 10-15cm long. The plants will grow to 45cm high and 90cm wide.
What Is Supplied
Item 380126 supplied as:
Supplied as 6 plug plants, ready to grow on before planting out.
Plant Care Information
Plant In Sunshine
Edible
Easy To Grow
Care Information
Planting Your Plugs
- Unpack plugs immediately and stand them in water for an hour.
- If you can’t do this, they can sit in their mini greenhouse for a week if upright and not too wet.
- Plugs may be slightly dry or yellow after being in a dark box in the post, but they’ll quickly recover.
- Put them somewhere warm, light and airy such as a windowsill or greenhouse.
- When potting on, handle plugs carefully. Pot on using our 9cm pots in Shuttle Trays, using good multi-purpose compost.
- Give your plants a good water initially, then only when the top compost starts to dry. They don’t like to be left in standing water.
Planting/Flowering Calendar
Planting Time
Flowering Time
Fruiting Time
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Fully Grown Plant Dimensions (approx)
45 cm
90 cm
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