A welcome and delicious addition to national choice of vegetable seeds, the Zucchini has long been an important ingredient of European cooking. Greenskin in an early maturing, bushy type which produces heavy crops of attractive, finely flavoured dark green Zucchinis. Zucchinis like a sunny, sheltered position and rich soil.

How to Sow Seeds

Method: Sow 12mm (0.5in) deep, direct in final position.
Spacing: Allow 100cm (3ft) between rows and space plants 100cm (3ft) apart.
Thinning: Sow 3 or 4 seeds in clumps, later thinning to two strongest seedlings.
Growing notes: Keep the plants well watered and prepare the soil well by adding organic material and a complete fertiliser.

Growing Needs

Soil: Fertile soil

Plant Characteristics

Growth habit: Bushy
Uses: A welcome and delicious addition to national choice of vegetable seeds, the Zucchini has long been an important ingredient of European cooking