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Dan L wrote:

Billy wrote:
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Dan L wrote:

Owdboggy wrote:
'David Hare-Scott[_2_ Wrote:
;906617']asgilbert wrote:-
I grew courgettes in planters this year....decent crop, but the
plants
died early with the leaves turning sort of powdery grey. Can
anyone
recommend a good reliable variety?-

Powdery mildew will strike all the cultivars that I have seen if
the
conditions suit the fungus, ie warm and wet.

David

Thompson and Morgan sell a variety of Courgette which we have
found
to
be resistent to Mildew. Not sure of the name off hand, but it is
advertised as such.
Onions adore sun. And do not omplain too much about Spring
onions,
in
40 odd years of growing veg I have never even managed to get the
seeds
to germinate, never mind grow to any size. And before you all
jump
in
and tell me how to do it, I have tried every single method ever
suggested without success.

Another cause of powdery mildew is lack of air flow. If your
plants
are
protected from the wind, mold will be a problem. Too many plants
crowding each other will also prevent air flow. If plants are
indoors
a
small fan will also help plants.

Indoor zukes?

There were problems this year with the north "Bay" grape harvest. A
cool, damp summer gave way to a cool fall. Fearing mold, and
mildew,
vineyardists pruned back the vines foliage to allow better
penetration

of sun and air. That's when we got a week of heat that sunburned
many
of
the grapes, creating points of infection for the molds and mildews.
Then
as quick as you could say "Bob's your uncle", we started getting
light

rains. The winery where I worked lost a third of its crop.

Agriculture isn't for the faint at heart.

Or the optimist

I was thinking perhaps greenhouses. They sometimes do not get good
air
circulation. Also this is the first post were someone grew
Courgettes in
pots that I know of. I also wonder what size of pots are used? They
would need at least a five gallon container.

Another thought, you stated ZUKES,

zukes (sp?) zuchs (?)--- zucchini (aubergine in French)

aubergine=eggplant not zukes


not cukes --- cucumber

I was thinking squash not cucumbers.
There are varieties of cucumbers called pickling cucumbers that will
die
if the cucumbers get large and go to seed. So if I am wrong and the
OP
was growing pickling cucumbers then that is the reason for the
plants
early demise. Is there a variety of squash that acts like pickling
cucumbers?

I'd have to look it up.
Cucumbers also come under the heading of the family Cucurbitaceae
(cucurbits).
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- Billy
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