Courgette Ambassador is the standard variety for courgette plant sales in garden centers. Quick-maturing, cylindrical fruits, open habit with few side shoots.
Sow: April to early June
Harvest: July onwards
Courgette Ambassador is happiest when grown on a compost heap. This tells you that when grown in the open , it prefers loose, well drained soil, that has been well dug over.
Soil needs to be well manured the previous autumn (more so than with other vegetables).
An ideal preparation is to dig out a whole 1 spades depth, and half fill with well rotted compost or even grass cuttings, and then refill with top soil.
Each plant needs to be at least 1m from it’s nearest neighbour.
Seeds can be sown outside at the expected date of the last frost. Sow seeds 2cm deep.
Tip: If courgettes are not picked early they will develop into marrows.