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Zucchinis & Courgettes

Zucchini, (Cucurbita pepo), also called courgette, variety of summer squash in the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae), grown for its edible fruits. Zucchinis are common in home gardens and supermarkets, and the young fruits are cooked as a vegetable. The flowers are also edible and are sometimes fried. As with all our vegetables they are farm / home grown not imported seeds all pure New Zealand and organically grown.
  • Is a yellow skinned courgette. Good quality flesh and thin skin, best harvested up to 25 cm long. Check out our great choice of Courgette and squash seeds we have on offer, one of the all-time favourite Courgette is the variety Black Beauty.

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    NZ$ 5.50
  • Is one of the most popular varieties of zucchini available on the market. It is an easy-to-grow vegetable that is normally used in salads, soups, gravies, etc. This heirloom squash is eminent for its dark-green, almost black color which has a creamy white flesh on the inside. Easily grow up to 12 to 24'. Harvest black beauty within 50 days.

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    NZ$ 5.50
  • Bush type plants with long green fruits with strong ribs. Cross section of the fruit is star shaped. Mild taste. Courgette grows best in a warm sunny place. They can grow outside or in a cold-frame. Harden the plants off slowly and plant outside after the last frost. One plant per m.

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    NZ$ 5.50
  • Courgette Defender is an excellent variety that produces lots of mid-dark green fruits with lovely firm flesh. It is a very easy to grow, compact plant with an open habit so the courgettes are easy to see & pick. Courgette Defender is a versatile gardeners' favourite.

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    NZ$ 5.50
  • With its shining golden-yellow, banana-like fruits (best cut when between 10-15cm in length), with creamy-white, nicely flavoured flesh, prolifically produced on relatively compact plants, this is a very fine variety that should prove very popular. Try it raw, thinly sliced in place of cucumber, in a salad. 45cm.

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    NZ$ 5.50
  • Bush type plant produces good yields of long dark green with light green striped fruits. Very flavourful and tender. Courgette grows best in a warm sunny place. They can grow outside or in a cold-frame. Harden the plants off slowly and plant outside after the last frost. One plant per m'.

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    NZ$ 5.50
  • High yielding with fantastic quality fruits, rewarding cropper for any kitchen. Smooth, dark-skinned fruits keep on coming all summer long and can be picked and used when small or large. Ideal for use in tasty Mediterranean dishes, roasting, steaming or barbecuing. They're also superb when grated and added raw to a refreshing summer salad. Height: 45cm. Spread: 90cm.

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    NZ$ 5.50
  • Compact dwarf growing courgette, which because of its open growth pattern, is easy to harvest. Well formed, cylindrical. Dark green marbled, gleaming fruit. Well balanced between vegetative growths and fruiting.

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    NZ$ 5.50
  • Is a large, early variety that is very productive. It produces beautiful, light green cylindrical fruits speckled with grey, with a smooth skin and has an excellent flavour.

    Courgette 'Genovese' is an old Italy variety. It is an early fruiting, high yielding courgette which matures in approximately 50 days.

    The plants have an open bush habit which is helpful when harvesting. Sow after last frost onwards.
    The fruits are high quality with excellent flavour, 10 to 18cm long with beautiful waxy appearance containing crisp white flesh.

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    NZ$ 6.50
  • Produce easy to grow, highly productive courgette plants with our organically grown methodically programme. A couple of these courgette plants will yield enough fruits to keep you and the family going right through summer, bearing plenty of delicious courgettes to use in a range of dishes.

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    NZ$ 5.50
  • Courgette Ronde De Nice Organically grown. A delicious Heirloom French round variety. The flesh of this green zucchini is very tender and fine flavoured, making it an ideal squash for stuffing. The bush type plants are extremely vigorous and one of fastest to produce from germination.

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    2022-23
  • A favourite variety with a wonderful sweet flavour all its own. It gives large yields of tender light-skinned fruits. Zucchini seeds like a sunny, sheltered position and rich soil.

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    NZ$ 5.00
  • A bushy, early courgette with medium-long fruits that are slender and cylindrical in shape. Very tender-skinned that are bright gold in colour and with distinctive, delicious slightly lemony zucchini flavour.

    Crops 12 weeks from sowing. Plant 60cm apart. For maximum production of courgettes it is essential that all fruits of a culinary size are removed three times a week whether required or not. Remember the flowers are edible.

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    NZ$ 8.00
  • Made up of 4 different varieties Black Beauty, Atena, Gold Rush & Astra Polka Seeds. Each variety impressively produces high yields, long season if harvested regularly, shiny & cylindrical fruits. Height: 45cm. Spread: 75cm. Culinary note: Some parts of these flowers are edible also.

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    NZ$ 5.50
  • Compact, bushy plants produce bright-yellow, rounded fruits which can be cut early as courgettes or left to mature to larger 1kg approx. This relatively compact variety is ideal for growing in containers. Height: 45cm. Spread: 90cm.

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    2022-23
  • This is a delightful, round (or, if you wish to be pedantic, spherical)-shaped Courgette. The plants are very productive and the pale green fruits should be cut when they are about 10cm in diameter - cricket-ball sized. They have an excellent flavour. 60cm.

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    2022-23
  • Uniform, cylindrical fruits; attractive golden-yellow colour. Semi-open plants with moderate spines. Intermediate resistance to cucumber mosaic virus and powdery mildew.

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    NZ$ 5.50
  • Non-trailing variety is an early and good cropper. Produces slightly marbled, long fruits with a small seed cavity. 50 day Harvest.

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    NZ$ 5.50
  • Is a range of excellent hybrid varieties, with scallop edged fruits. All mature after 45-50 days. Sunbeam is a golden yellow variety. It has good flavour and texture. It is suited for both baby and standard sized fruits.

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    NZ$ 5.50
  • This Old Scilian heirloom courgette is very light green, nearly white and can measure up to 20cm. A summer variety, with a mild flavour, this one grows bushy making it a great choice if you’re shorter on space. Superior for grilling.

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    NZ$ 8.00
  • Easy to harvest. Courgette ‘BBQ Griller Mix’ is an attractive five-colour mix of vegetable's with a short, blocky shape, long & twisted ideal for slicing across into ‘steaks’ and grilling on the barbeque or just normal cooking. The plants have an open habit, making harvesting easy, and the tasty fruits are a good source of vitamin C and antioxidants.

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    NZ$ 9.00
  • Mediterranean Courgette Mix Selection seeds produce attractive green, white, lime green, dark green and yellow courgettes plus with some distinctive ridge skin varieties.
    Contains varieties of: Bianco di Trieste Zucchini, Cocozelle Zucchini, Lebanese Zucchini, Banana Italian Striped Traditional Zucchini & Skvorushka Zucchini.

    Subject to availability some seeds may be adjusted.

    Per Packet
    NZ$ 10.00

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