Growing Zucchini in Containers: How to Grow Courgettes in Pots - Everything you need to Know!

The Ultimate Guide for Growing Zucchini (aka Courgettes) in containers for beginners: Everything you need to know in under 30 minutes.

In this growing zucchini video I show you how to grow zucchini in pots. In the UK we call zucchini courgettes so that's what I refer to them in this video.

Here is the timestamp map of this "How to grow courgettes in containers" video:

COURGETTE SEED STARTING
0:12 What are the different types of zucchini species?
1:10 How many zucchini per plant?
1:16 How many zucchini plants per person?
1:27 Picking the best courgette seeds in the packet
2:07 When to plant zucchini? what month do you plant squash?
2:49 Equipment needed for zucchini seed starting
4:00 Which soil to use for seed starting courgettes
5:00 How to pre-moisten soil
5:35 Filling the seed starting pots with soil
6:11 How to plant zucchini seeds
6:48 How to chit courgette seeds
7:52 How to plant chitted zucchini seeds

GROWING ZUCCHINI INDOORS
8:53 Best place to put seed starting trays or pots indoors
9:07 Be careful not to overwater as this can cause the seeds to rot and die
9:19 Checking moisture levels of seed-starting pots or trays
9:36 How to water seed-starting pots or trays

SEEDLING GROWTH:
10:12 Zucchini growth stages (Days 0-7)
10:41 Stabilizing leggy courgette seedlings
11:23 Protect seedling from extreme sun
11:55 Hardening off zucchini: How to harden off courgette plants

TRANSPLANTING OUTDOORS
14:56 How to transplant zucchini outdoors
15:20 What size container to grow zucchini in ? Recommended pot size for courgettes - How much space does a zucchini plant need?
16:06 What soil mix to use for planting courgettes
16:37 Planting zucchini seedlings in containers
17:23 Mulching your zucchini plants
18:24 Advantages of growing courgettes in pots rather than in the ground

18:56 FLOWER & FRUIT DEVELOPMENT
19:03 First sign of flower buds & first flowers
19:16 How flowers work
19:45 How flowers lead to fruit formation
19:50 How pollination occurs
20:07 Stages of flower development on courgettes
20:30 How to if a zucchini flower is male or female
21:07 Why incomplete pollination may occur
21:16 Result of poor or failed pollination in courgettes
21:26 How to hand pollinate zucchini or courgette plants

HARVESTING
22:13 When should you harvest your zucchini
22:27 Time it takes to go from pollinated flower to full-sized courgette
22:42 Can you grow huge courgettes like marrows?
23:01 Zucchini Safety note: How to make sure your courgettes are safe to eat

TIPS FOR GROWING ZUCCHINI
24:22 How to care for a zucchini plant
24:24 How much water do zucchini plants need?
25:31 Fertilizing courgettes: Which fertilizer to use for zucchini plants & how often should you fertilize them?
26:11 What is an NPK fertilizer & what does each nutrient do in a courgette plant?
27:35 Calcium supplements for courgettes to prevent blossom end rot
28:05 How to prune zucchini plants: Should you remove old leaves & stems?

THE END
28:55 How do you know when you zucchini plant has finished producing and is done for the year?

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Music credits:
Glen Canyon by Dan Lebowitz
Jeremiah's song by Dan Lebowitz
Surrender by Dan Lebowitz
Blue Creek Trail by Dan Lebowitz

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Thanks to all the amazing gardening youtube channels for teaching me and inspiring me to grow this year for the first time! Special thanks for the inspiration to Claire at ClairesAllotment, Kevin Espiritu at Epic Gardening, Gary Pilarchik at The Rusted Garden, Cali Kim at CaliKim29, Luke at Migardener, Project Diaries, GIY, Quickcrop, GrowVeg, Scott Head, Liz Zorab at Byther Farm, Charles Dowding, Tony at Simplify Gardening and Mark Valencia at Self Sufficient Me! Also thank you to all the amazing people on fb gardening & grow your own groups and forums that were always there on hand for support and to answer questions throughout the growing process :)



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NB. None of the products mentioned in this video were sponsored. They're just the products I used.

Please also note, I am very new to gardening so even though I researched a lot for this video and did my best to ensure everything in this video is accurate, I still have lots to learn. Please feel free to let me know if there is anything I could have done better or if you have any tips or tricks for growing courgettes better.