PREMIER SEEDS DIRECT - COURGETTE/Zucchini - Yellow/Golden - 30 Seeds

The seed quality is good, nearly 100% germination rate, as I find with most vegetable seeds from this company. I've never grown courgettes before, but also grew another yellow, F1 variety, and planted 2 of each in my limited space. As another reviewer remarked, I've had a poor pollination rate for these, but don't think it's fair to blame the seeds for that - you get the variety you choose... There were plenty of flowers on the plant, and bad pollination will usually be down to the position or lack of plants good for attracting pollinators close by, I would think. You probably need to plant these close to flowers that attract bees, butterflies and other pollinators. I imagine because courgette flowers tend to be hidden by the large leaves, they are not very good at attracting pollinators, also, they're tubular flowers, so the nectar is probably not very accessible to pollinators (which are after all not there to pollinate the flowers but to collect nectar..). If I grow them again (which I probably will), I will ensure I have bee-friendly plants close by. Those flowers that were pollinated and set fruit (because there's also an issue with pollinated flowers not setting fruit or the fruit rotting before it gets any decent size) grew really nice courgettes. They get quite big if left, and while they taste better if picked while still small, the full size ones still taste good and are nice and firm when cooking. The leaves suffered badly from mildew, but mine were firstly not planted in an ideal location (which I don't really have), secondly, I'd tried to squeeze to many plants in one container and I didn't treat the mildew at all. For courgettes, being squeezed in doesn't work. They need room and good air circulation.. Having said that, this variety performed far better than the F1 variety growing in same circumstances. I don't know what advantages the F1 variety is supposed to have, it didn't say, just mentioned high yield, which I've not found to be true for the one I bought, these performed better in every respect. I will try these again next year, planted with more space, watered more regularly and close to bee plants and hope I'll get a better yield. Based on my experience so far, would recommend these seeds and the variety, considering they still performed quite well in far from ideal circumstances. I planted them in fabric bags, which seem to suit them, although they require regular watering if planted in containers - probably also if planted out in dry spells.

Bought these late season as two other packs largely failed from different supplier. Quickly germinated in greenhouse and looking forward to final results.

These do need a rather hot climate. I had tried 1 batch earlier in the summer in March/april in a lean and the seeds didn’t sprout. (Unlike the green courgette which did) I had wondered if the seeds were not good. Still, tried a second batch in June and they worked a treat.

Really slow growing courgettes. The slugs love them so make sure you get copper tape if growing in pots. Tasty but we haven’t had as many as the slugs have

Very pleased lots of flowers now🤩

Great value. Already planted out

...just about to take the first crop. Personally I prefer yellow to green courgettes. The skins seem thinner, and less bitter and the texture of the flesh is great too. I am excited to eat these throughout the Summer.

Good germination rate, vigorous healthy plants. Just keep the slugs at bay and you can't go wrong.