Things to Do This Week – Pot up Courgettes
This time of the year is all about managing the timing of when you plant seedlings out in the garden. Do it too early and the plants could be knocked back. Do it too late and the plants become ‘pot-bound’ – that is, they have grown too large for their container resulting in tangling of the roots. I grow courgettes, pumpkins and squash seeds in module trays and if I am in any way suspicious of the weather I pot them on in to bigger pots rather than planting them out in to the soil - by potting plants in to bigger pots, you buy yourself a couple of extra weeks where you can keep them in doors and get them good and sturdy.
Simply pop the seedling out of it’s module, put a little compost in the base of a bigger pot, place the seedling in carefully and then fill it in with compost. It pays to water the plants very well about an hour before hand – the seedlings pop out of the pots much easier then – and of course you need to water again after you have finished potting them on.