15 Courgette Yellow Atena Polka F1 Seeds, Very Popular, Sow March to June, Easy to Grow & Reliable, Prolific Yellow Variety, Abundant Tasty, Good Looking Courgettes. A Good Source Of Vitamin C, Potassium and Folic Acid, Half a Courgette Counts as one of your 5-a-day!
15 Seeds Supplied
Courgette Atena Polka is a very attractive vegetable, the yellow fruit are approx 15-20cm long. This is a very popular courgette and the taste is excellent, a little sweeter than green varieties. The plants show great vigour and a nice bushy habit - each plant needs approx 60-70cm square to grow unhindered. The abundant, glossy fruits are a lovely golden yellow. This is an easy vegetable to grow and from July onwards to approx mid October you can enjoy your own home grown produce! This is a perfect, easy, vegetable for children to sow, grow and watch also. Advice - Keep picking the courgettes to encourage more flowers and more young, tasty courgettes! Courgettes are good for you, nutritious healthy food - half a courgette counts as one of your 5-a-day. It contains Vitamin C, Potassium and Folic Acid.
Sowing Seeds - Indoors March to May, Outdoors May to June
Sow indoors - March to early May for best results for an early crop. Sow in deep 9cm pots of damp seed compost - 2 seeds per pot 1.5cm deep (with the seed on edge) and a temperature of 15-20c. Keep moist, but not soaked. Seedlings will usually appear in 7-14 days. Gradually accustom the plants to outdoor temperature when plants are a good size and when all danger of frost has passed. Plant outdoors in a sunny position, spacing the plants 60-70cm apart.
Sow outdoors May to June and sow seeds where they are to crop, in a sunny position. Sow in 1.5cm deep holes - 2 seeds per hole with the seeds on edge, in finely prepared soil, space seeds 60-70cm apart, keep watered but not soaked. A cloche (or a large jam jar) can be placed over the planted seeds to speed up the germination! (The weaker of the pair of plants can be removed). Keep plants well watered and weed free. Harvest your courgettes July to October. Pick the courgettes regularly to encourage more to grow. Enjoy your harvest of healthy, home grown courgettes!
Seeds will be packed in manilla/grip seal packets and posted in a padded envelope.