Marrow Growing Guide

Cucurbita pepo

Crop Rotation Group

Cucurbits (Squash family) ●

Soil

Most soils, enriched with plenty of compost.

Position

Sunny.

Frost tolerant

No.

Feeding

Fornightly liquid feed from mid summer.

Spacing

Single Plants: 60cm (1' 11") each way (minimum)
Rows: 60cm (1' 11") with 60cm (1' 11") row gap (minimum)

Sow and Plant

Sow under cover in pots in mid spring. Plant out after last frosts.
Our Garden Planner can produce a personalized calendar of when to sow, plant and harvest for your area.

Notes

Basically the same as cougettes but left longer to produce fewer larger fruit. Seeds are removed before eating.

Harvesting

Harvest before the cougettes get too big and turn into marrows. This encourages more cougettes to grow.

Planting and Harvesting Calendar

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Pests which Affect Marrow

Aphids (General)

Slug

Snail