Cucurbita pepo 'Defender'
Courgette 'Defender'
Cucurbita Cucurbita
'Defender' _ 'Defender' F1 is a perennial plant widely cultivated as an annual with green leaves and an open habit, producing yellow flowers that form a heavy yield of mid-green, slightly speckled, edible fruit in summer and autumn. Good resistance to Cucumber mosaic virus.
Cucurbita pepo 'Defender' is: Deciduous
Clump-forming, Irregular
RHS AGM (Award of Garden Merit)
Yellow in Summer
Green in Summer; Green in Autumn
Eelworm (stem and bulb) , Mice , Red spider mite (box and other) , Slugs , Snails Eelworm (stem and bulb) , Mice , Red spider mite (box and other) , Slugs , Snails
Anthracnose diseases , Basal rot , Black rot , Foot and root rot , Grey mould , Powdery mildew , Sclerotinia diseases , Verticillium wilt Anthracnose diseases , Basal rot , Black rot , Foot and root rot , Grey mould , Powdery mildew , Sclerotinia diseases , Verticillium wilt
Seed
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Cucurbita pepo 'Defender' (Courgette 'Defender') will reach a height of 0.9m and a spread of 0.9m after 1-2 years.
Add to salads, Beds and borders, Flavouring food and drinks
Plant in deep, fertile, sandy, and ideally slightly acidic soil. Courgettes are not hardy - site in full sun in a sheltered position. Soak seeds before germination. Courgette plants started under cover can be planted out once all danger of frost is past.
Loamy, Sandy
Well-drained
Acid, Neutral
Full Sun
South, West
Sheltered
Tender in frost (H3)
We do not currently have companion plants added for this plant.
Cucurbita pepo 'Defender'
Courgette 'Defender'
Cucurbita Cucurbita
'Defender' _ 'Defender' F1 is a perennial plant widely cultivated as an annual with green leaves and an open habit, producing yellow flowers that form a heavy yield of mid-green, slightly speckled, edible fruit in summer and autumn. Good resistance to Cucumber mosaic virus.
Deciduous
Clump-forming, Irregular
RHS AGM (Award of Garden Merit)
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Yellow in Summer
Green in Summer; Green in Autumn
Eelworm (stem and bulb) , Mice , Red spider mite (box and other) , Slugs , Snails
Anthracnose diseases , Basal rot , Black rot , Foot and root rot , Grey mould , Powdery mildew , Sclerotinia diseases , Verticillium wilt
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Cucurbita pepo 'Defender' (Courgette 'Defender') will reach a height of 0.9m and a spread of 0.9m after 1-2 years.
Add to salads, Beds and borders, Flavouring food and drinks
Plant in deep, fertile, sandy, and ideally slightly acidic soil. Courgettes are not hardy - site in full sun in a sheltered position. Soak seeds before germination. Courgette plants started under cover can be planted out once all danger of frost is past.
Loamy, Sandy
Well-drained
Acid, Neutral
Full Sun
South, West
Sheltered
Tender in frost (H3)
Zone 9, Zone 8, Zone 7
Cucurbita pepo 'Defender' (Courgette 'Defender')
tomato thrips
Ceratothripoides brunneus
Insect
Absent
3
3
Thrips present in Africa; the Caribbean and parts of Asia; frequently intercepted in the UK. Can cause significant damage to tomatoes and other crops in countries where it is present. Europe wide PRA will consider its potential to establish and cause damage.
Cucurbita pepo 'Defender' (Courgette 'Defender')
African cottom leafworm; Cotton leafworm; Egyptian cotton leafworm; Egyptian cotton worm; Mediterranean climbing cutworm; Meditteranea Brocade; Tobacco cutworm
Spodoptera littoralis
Insect
Absent
2
3
Regulated pest; frequently intercepted with occasional outbreaks which have been successfully eradicated in the UK.
Cucurbita pepo 'Defender' (Courgette 'Defender')
Soybean looper
Chrysodeixis includens
Insect
Absent
2
3
Polyphagous insect pest; present in the Americas; with the potential to be damaging to UK glasshouse crops; particularly tomatoes
Our plants are under greater threat than ever before. There is increasing movement of plants and other material traded from an increasing variety of sources. This increases the chances of exotic pests arriving with imported goods and travellers, as well as by natural means. Shoot is working with Defra to help members to do their part in preventing the introduction and spread of invasive risks.
Traveling or importing plants? Please read "Don't risk it" advice here
Suspected outbreak? Click here for contact details to report to the relevant authority.
Date updated: 7th March 2019 For more information visit: https://planthealthportal.defra.gov.uk/
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Soil types: | Loamy, Sandy | Tell us... |
Soil drainage: | Well-drained | Tell us... |
Soil pH: | Acid, Neutral | Tell us... |
Light: | Full Sun | Tell us... |
Aspect: | South, West | Tell us... |
Exposure: | Sheltered | Tell us... |
Hardiness: | Tender in frost (H3) | Tell us... |
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