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Courgette

Courgette belongs to the Cucurbitaceae family, species Cucurbita pepo, and it is an annual herbaceous plant with a creeping nature. The fruit is a fleshy berry, with no central cavity, green or yellow. Its skin is smooth and very sensitive to chafing. It is elongated, cylindrical and with very short peduncle. Fruit is harvested approximately when it is halfway through its development.

Climate: Courgette can support high temperatures, making it less demanding than melon, cucumber and watermelon.

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  • Germination: Optimum temperature 20-25°C, minimum temperature 15°C and maximum temperature 40°C.

  • Vegetative Growth: Optimum temperature 25-30°C, minimum temperature 10°C and maximum temperature 35°C.

  • Flowering: Optimum temperature 20-25°C, minimum temperature 10°C and maximum temperature 35°C.

Soil: It adapts easily to all types of soils, although it prefers loamy, deep and well drained soils. It is a very organic matter demanding plant.

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Humidity: Optimum relative air humidity is between 65% and 80%.

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Light: It is a very luminosity demanding plant, so that a greater insolation will lead to an increasing production.

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pH: 5-7

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Carbon dioxide in greenhouses: 1,500 p.p.m. of CO2 increase production and precocity.

Fully grown courgette

STARTER

2-5kg/ha/ap.

GroGreen Starter foliar gel all sizes

STARTER 16-69-16

NPK Foliar: to supplement soil nutrition.

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Use after transplanting.

Grogreen Five Terra all sizes

FIVE TERRA 12-44-12

NPK Drip & Soil Improver: For balanced nutrition & better uptake.

FIVE TERRA
5-10kg/ha/ap.
Grogreen Five Terra all sizes

FIVE TERRA 12-44-12

NPK Drip & Soil Improver: For balanced nutrition & better uptake.

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Use before flowering.

FIVE TERRA
5-10kg/ha/ap.
Grogreen Five Multi all sizes

FIVE MULTI 20-20-20

NPK Drip & Soil Improver: For balanced nutrition & better uptake.

FIVE MULTI
5-10kg/ha/ap.
Grogreen Five Multi all sizes

FIVE MULTI 20-20-20

NPK Drip & Soil Improver: For balanced nutrition & better uptake.

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Alternate with Five Fructus.

FIVE MULTI
10-15kg/ha/ap.

FIVE FRUCTUS

10-15kg/ha/ap.

Grogreen Five Fructus all sizes

FIVE FRUCTUS 18-9-36

NPK Drip & Soil Improver: For balanced nutrition & better uptake.

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Alternate with Five Multi.

VEGETATIVE 2-5kg/ha/ap.

GroGreen Vegetative foliar gel all sizes

 VEGETATIVE 27-27-27

NPK Foliar: to supplement soil nutrition.

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Use during the accelerated growth.

FRUIT

2-5kg/ha/ap.

GroGreen Fruit foliar gel all sizes

FRUIT 18-11-59

NPK Foliar: to supplement soil nutrition.

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Use during the fruit fattening and maturation.

FOLIAR APPLICATION 

DRIP IRRIGATION

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