Defender

Courgette var. Defender

Defender

£2.50

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A high yielding courgette producing high yields of elongated green fruit.

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Description

Cucurbita pepo

Hybrid. Defender is a reliable, workhorse-type courgette variety that produces heavy crops of uniform, elongated, green fruit. For the best flavour and texture, the fruit should be harvested when they are between 10 and 20cm long.

Because of their colour, they tend to get lost in the foliage, so take extra care when harvesting or you will end up with marrows!

RHS Award of Garden Merit

Number of seeds per pack: 8

Additional information

Comment on growth habit

Defender courgette is normally described as having a bushy – as opposed to trailing – growth habit. Strictly speaking, this isn’t true.

In 2024, we grew four plants of Defender as part of a comparison trial being conducted on our nursery in West Dorset. By the end of the season, growth habit was clearly more trailing than bushy. We did some measurements on one of the plants, and the results were as follows:

• A very obvious main stem measured 1.6m long.
• There were 5 side shoots growing near the base of the main stem. Two were measured, and they averaged 117cm long.
• At least 4 other side shoots were growing further up the main stem.

In the normal course of events, Defender plants start out as bushy, and we guess they begin ‘running’ about mid-season.

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