"Alan Gould" wrote in message
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In article , ajr
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Depending on where you are, you could still have a last frost or near
frost, so if you can keep the marrow plant going for a couple more
weeks, it will be safer to wait until then to put it out. That will also
give the potatoes time to grow on a bit. Marrow or courgette plants need
quite a bit of space, we give ours 5ft. clearance all round.
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Alan & Joan Gould - North Lincs.

Ooops!
I have three courgette plants (two yellow, one green) and I was planning to
grow them in patio tubs.
5' all round is a little more than I expected.
Now trying to decide if I should reserve a corner for the jungle or keep
them pinched back.
Do they hang down?
[Not a personal question :-) ]
Just considering if the pot was raised several (4?) feet off the ground if
the courgette plant would then hang down all round ( a bit like a low level
hanging basket). This would give 4' spread in a vertical direction by the
time the shoots touched the ground.
Hmmm...- plastic planter on top of an upturned plastic planter would get the
plant at least 3' off the ground....

A more whacky alternative would be to grow one on the balcony and let it
trail over the edge - this assumes that the plant is strong enough to
support trailing shoots with courgettes on.

Just had a further vision of a small wooden platform across the ridge of the
garden shed, and courgettes trailing down over the (solar heated) felt roof.

And this vision is without the aid of alchohol or a safety net.

Logic (!) further constrains me to ask - if you grow climbing plants up a
wall from a pot at the base, can you suspend a pot 6' (or more) up a wall to
grow trailing plants down it?
Thinking mega window box/hanging basket here.

Then again I recall a Garfield cartoon:

Garfield: "If cats can run up trees, then why can't cats run down trees?"
ZONK!
"Garfield, you are very very stupid!"

Still like the raised pot on the patio idea though.

Cheers
Dave R