Good morning,

I bought a marrow plant last week, that I was going to plant this weekend.
Being relatively new to this gardening lark I assumed that a marrow would
grow in the same manner as a cucumber or tomato plant - I've since found out
that this is not the case and that a plant can easy cover a large area of
ground with its leaves - I was originally going to grow the marrow in a pot
on the patio!

I planted some potatoes in March and they have already grown to roughly the
same height as those grown last year. I was thinking of digging up a small
section of these and planting the marrow in their place.

Does anyone have any idea how large the potatoes are likely to be at the
moment - if there is a good chance of them being the size of 'new potatoes
I'll happily dig them up and eat them! - if not I would rather wait a couple
of weeks to give them a chance of growing a bit and putting the marrow in a
pot temporarily.

Cheers,


Andrew