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Old 05-05-2017, 02:19 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default cucumber / gherkin / corgettes / aubergines etc.

On Wed, 3 May 2017 08:56:14 +0100, Martin Brown
wrote:

Courgettes will easily grow outdoors in a normal UK summer. Don't waste
greenhouse space on them. I grow a couple on top of my year old compost
heap. The others are properly tender although tomatoes will grow
outdoors in a good year they may get blight.


Thank you.

Do you recommend a particular variety of courgette?

What is the consensus about cucumbers: inside or outside? Mixed sex or
female?