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Cucurbita pepo 'Midnight' (Courgette 'Midnight')

Other names: Zucchini 'Midnight'

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Variety or Cultivar
'Midnight' is a compact, upright, bushy, spineless, tender perennial plant, widely cultivated as an annual, with large, rounded, lobed, hairy, dark green leaves and yellow flowers in summer followed by reliable crops of smooth, straight, glossy, edible, speckled, dark green fruit in summer and early autumn.
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Season of interest

Flower

Spring Summer Autumn Winter
Flower

Foliage

Spring Summer Autumn Winter
Foliage
Height and spread

Height and spread

Size Max height Max spread To maturity
0.5 m 0.6 m 1-2 years
1 ft 1 ft 1-2 years

Where to grow

Soil type
  • Loamy
  • Sandy
Soil drainage
  • Well-drained
Soil pH
  • Acid
  • Neutral
Sunlight
  • Full Sun
Aspect
  • West
  • South
Exposure
  • Sheltered

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Cultivation

Plant in sun in deep, fertile, sandy, and, ideally, slightly acidic soil after danger of frost has passed. Sow in mid- to late spring for a midsummer to early autumn harvest. Feed once a week after harvesting has begun. Suitable for containers.

Suggested uses

Containers/Patio, Beds and borders, Flavouring food and drinks, Add to salads

UK hardiness

H2

USDA zones

Sunset zone

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24

WUCOLS

North-Central Coastal = Unknown
Central Valley = Unknown
South Coastal = Unknown
South Inland = Unknown
High and Intermediate Desert = Unknown
Low Desert = Unknown

Foliage

Deciduous

Habit

Bushy, Compact

Native to

Garden origin

Drought tolerant

No

Flood tolerant

No

Toxicity

Not toxic

Plant care

Pruning

Regular harvesting when courgettes are small will extend cropping.

Propagation methods

Seed

Propagation

Sow indoors in from late winter to late spring for earlier crops. Sow outdoors in early spring to midsummer when temperatures are above 18C. Sow seed 2cm deep, laying seed vertically to avoid seed rot.

Pests

Slugs

Snails

Red spider mite (box and other)

Mice

Eelworm (stem and bulb)

Diseases

Grey mould

Powdery mildew

Sclerotinia diseases

Verticillium wilt

Mosaic virus

Foot and root rot

Anthracnose diseases

Basal rot

Black rot

Fertilise fruit and vegetables

Water regularly through dry periods

Mulch with leaf mould or garden compost in spring (optional)

Hoe around crops

Hand pollinate in cold weather

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