"David in Normandy" wrote ((SNIP))

This particular courgette plant was set where I used to have a compost
heap and it appears to adore the soil there. Much too rich for most other
plants.

The man I learnt my allotment gardening from when I was a child used to
always grow his cucurbits on an old compost heap, when planting ours I
always dig out a good bucket sized hole and fill it with compost and plant
into that. Important to keep the compost moist too.
--
Regards. Bob Hobden.
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