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A welcome and delicious addition to our national choice of vegetables, the Zucchini has long been an important ingredient of European cooking. Greenskin in an early maturing, bushy type which produces heavy crops of attractive, finely flavoured dark green Zucchinis. Zucchinis like a sunny, sheltered position and rich soil.
When to plant: Spring and Summer How to grow: Sow 12mm (0.5in) deep, direct in final position. Sow 3 or 4 seeds in clumps, later thinning to two strongest seedlings. Allow 100cm (3ft) between rows and space plants 100cm (3ft) apart. Keep the plants well watered and prepare the soil well by adding organic material and a complete fertiliser. Harvest: 8 weeks
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