Courgette 'Sure Thing'

Cucurbita

Half-hardy Annual

£12.99

Parthenocarpic plants that don't require insect pollination

Stronger flavour than most varieties

Neat compact plants

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1 x 2 Litre Peat-Free Potted Plant

£12.99

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Courgette ‘Sure Thing’ gets its names as even in cool and cloudy summer this variety will guarantee a crop. They are parthenocarpic plants which do not need to be pollinated by insects to produce their speckled, dark green courgettes, this means you can grow them in the greenhouse. The fruits can grow up to 20cm (8”) long and offer a stronger flavour than most other green varieties. It has good resistance to powdery mildew until the late summer. Height: 45cm (18"). Spread: 90cm (36").

Supplied as peat free plugs/9cm pots.

Plant Size Height Up to 45cm (18in)
Spread Up to 90cm (35in)

Hardiness & Longevity Half-hardy Annual

Ideal For kitchen garden

Position In full sun

Flowering Months Planting Months

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Codes
1 x 9cm Peat-Free Potted Plant (KC3135)
3 Peat-Free Jumbo Plug Plants (KC3134)
3 x 9cm Peat-Free Potted Plants (KC3136)
1 x 2 Litre Peat-Free Potted Plant (KC0307)

Water courgettes regularly - do not allow the soil to dry out as this will impair their development. Hoe between plants regularly to prevent weeds from establishing. Courgettes appreciate an application of a high potash fertiliser every two weeks during the growing season. Hand pollinating courgettes is not usually required when they are grown outdoors. However, for indoor cultivation the female flowers can be fertilised by pressing a male flower against them. Begin harvesting courgettes from midsummer onwards when they are 10cm (4") long. Regular harvesting will encourage more courgettes to be produced. Culinary note: Courgette flowers are edible and can be eaten cooked or added raw to salads.

Seeds and garden supplies will normally be delivered within the time period stated against each product as detailed above. Plants, bulbs, corms, tubers, shrubs, trees, potatoes, etc. are delivered at the appropriate time for planting or potting on. Delivery times will be stated on the product page above, or in your order acknowledgement page and email.

Orders for packets of seed incur a delivery charge of £2.99.

Orders which include any other products will incur a delivery charge of £6.99.

Where an order includes both packets of seeds and other products, a maximum delivery charge of £7.99 will apply - regardless of the number of items ordered.

Large items may incur a higher delivery charge - this will be displayed in your shopping basket.

Please see our Delivery page for further details, and more information on different charges that may apply to certain destinations.

For more information on how we send your plants please visit our Helpful Guide on plant sizes.

Van Meuwen strives to ensure that all its plants are delivered to you in the perfect condition for planting. While the majority of our nursery plants cope well with slight delays in intransit, sadly, the time it takes to deliver to certain locations in the UK means that we can't guarantee this for some of our smaller plug products and tender bedding and vegetable lines, which do not respond well to the extra journey time. So regretfully while we offer the majority of our live plant offering nationwide, we are unable to ship plugs, begging plants and tender vegetable plants to the following areas: HS, IV41-IV49, IV51, IV55-56, KW15-KW17, PA34, PA41-48, PA60-PA78, PA80, PH40-PH44, TR21-TR24, ZE1-ZE3.