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12801 Marrow Custard White
Marrow Custard White What the Americans class as a summer squash. Not for winter storing but delicious fresh. Creamy white flat fruits with a scalloped edge. Bush habit. Keeps for a long time.

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12802 Marrow Long Green Trailing
Marrow Long Green Trailing Produces large dark green fruits with a paler green stripe. Trailing habit needs a lot of room. Regards by some as the best flavour of all Marrows.

 15 plants per packet


WHEN TO SOW
April to early June
WHERE TO SOW
Early sowings in pots or trays 2cm apart under glass at 16°C. May sowings direct in cold frames or under cloches. Early June sowings direct into the growing site 2cm deep, 2 or 3 seeds in each position 120cm apart.
WHAT TO DO NEXT
Glasshouse and under cover seedlings should be gradually hardened off once they have developed the first pair of rough leaves, and transplanted to the growing site in late May 120cm apart. Outdoor sowings should be tinned to one seedling as soon as possible.
MATURITY
July onwards
HANDY TIP
A good variety for winter storage. Let fruits ripen on plants, pick before frost. Store in a cool but frost free room.
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12803 Marrow Long Green Bush
Marrow Long Green Bush The true traditional Marrow.Has all the attributes of Green Trailing, but with a bush habit for more limited space. Excellent flavour and highly productive. Summer heading. Outdoor plot.

15 plants per packet


WHEN TO SOW
April to May
WHERE TO SOW
Sow 2 or 3 seeds into a 9cm pot under glass at 20°C. Late May sowings can be made direct into soil 5cm apart in cold frame.
WHAT TO DO NEXT
As soon as first true leaves appear, prick off into individual 9cm pots. Gradually harden off before planting in the growing site 60cm apart in late May. Cold frame sowings can be gradually hardened off and transplanted when large enough. Water regularly.
MATURITY
July to September
HANDY TIP
Marrows and Courgettes prefer a deep humus rich soil for both the goodness and its water retention qualities.
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12805 Marrow F1 Emerald Cross
Good dual purpose variety. Medium green mottled fruit which can be picked young as courgettes and then left to produce marrows.

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12806 Marrow F1 Sunburst
Marrow F1 Sunburst A yellow skinned custard type. Semi-flat fruits with scalloped edge. Produces large numbers of small fruits for serving whole.

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12807 Vegetable Spaghetti
Vegetable Spaghetti A pale yellow oval shaped marrow which is harvested when about 20cm long, cooked whole and the flesh inside scooped out, which looks like a form of spaghetti.The plant has a trailing habit.

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12808 Marrow F1 Tiger Cross
Traditional looking fruit of dark green with lighter green stripes, bush habit can be harvested young as courgette or left until 30cm long for marrows.

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