Anyone can buy zucchini plants - preferably on the windowsill too

Anyone can buy zucchini plants - preferably on the windowsill too

All you need are:

  • Flower pots, at least 9-10 cm in diameter
  • commercial potting soil or garden soil
  • and of course seeds

Seeds from the bag or pulled yourself?

You can easily get the seeds in the garden center or choose from the wide range of online shipping. A seed bag usually contains 7 to 10 seeds. Even after pricking, that's enough for a family.

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Another option is to extract the seeds yourself from fully ripe fruits. The seeds are removed, dried on kitchen paper for 2 to 3 days, cleaned and stored in a dry place until sowing next spring.

Sowing, germination time, pricking out

It starts in mid-April: First, fill the pots with soil and insert the seeds 2 to 3 cm deep. Then you can water them carefully and place the pots on the sunny windowsill.

The first seedlings appear after 6 to 14 days. During this time, the soil must always be kept moist. If several seedlings develop per pot, only the stronger one is left. The weaker ones are carefully removed by hand.

While the young plants are growing, you can put them outdoors for a few hours. This is particularly advisable if they are gradually getting too big for the windowsill.

Planting out

About 4 weeks after sowing, the plants are large enough to be moved outdoors or in a balcony container. It is good if you wait for the ice saints in mid / end of May. Without damaging the sensitive root ball, carefully loosen the plants from the pot and place them in the prepared planting holes in the vegetable or flower bed or in the large tub.

Tips & Tricks

The name zucchini is derived from the Italian word “zucca”, which means little pumpkin. While the pumpkins come from America, zucchini were first grown in Italy in the 17th century.