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cocozelle zucchini Cocozelle Zucchini

Cucurbita pepo

A variety of zucchini

How to sow cocozelle zucchini: Direct seed indoors or outdoors

Sun requirement for cocozelle zucchini: Plant in Full Sun

An old bush courgette from overseas, long and green with lighter stripes, and very productive. The male flowers are edible. Sow in trays after frost danger, prick out at 6 cm and transplant at 1 m.

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Cocozelle zucchini facts

Lifespan

Annual living and reproducing in a single year or less

Growing cocozelle zucchini

  1. Sow seeds in pots 4 weeks before planting out
  2. Dig compost into the bed 1 week before planting out
  3. Harden off the seedlings 1 week before planting out
  4. Set or refill beer traps for slugs and snails at planting out every week
  5. Water deeply at the base 1 week after planting out every week
  6. Mulch around the plants 3 weeks after planting out
  7. Hand pollinate the female flowers 6 weeks after planting out
  8. Check leaves for powdery mildew 6 weeks after planting out every 2 weeks
  9. Feed with liquid fertiliser 6 weeks after planting out every 2 weeks
  10. Pick fruit while small at first harvest every week
  11. Pull out finished plants 3 months after first harvest

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Ecological requirements

Data from the FAO EcoCrop database for Cucurbita pepo L.

Family / Taxonomy Magnoliopsida
Dilleniidae
Violales
Cucurbitaceae
Optimal temperature 17 - 30 °C
Absolute temperature 6 - 40 °C
Optimal rainfall 600 - 1500 mm/year
Absolute rainfall 300 - 2800 mm/year
Optimal soil pH 5.5 - 6.8
Absolute soil pH 4.5 - 8.3
Crop cycle 40 - 100 days
Max altitude 1000 m
Life form herb, vine
Life span annual
Habit climber/scrambler/scadent
Optimal soil depth medium (50-150 cm)
Optimal soil texture medium, organic
Optimal soil fertility moderate
Optimal soil drainage well (dry spells)
Optimal soil salinity low (<4 dS/m)
Photoperiod short day (<12 hours), neutral day (12-14 hours), long day (>14 hours)
Optimal light very bright

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) ECOCROP, the crop ecological requirements database. Version 1. https://data.apps.fao.org/catalog/dataset/ecocrop. Accessed through the CGIAR Climate Action Data Hub, https://cgiar-climate-data-hub.github.io/catalog/ecocrop_1/.

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