This is the second year that I am growing this type of Courgette. Last year I fashioned a sort of "Stairway to the Stars" type of support. It was like a rainbow with a plant at either end. This year I am simply using a rack to see if there is any difference. I wrap twine (suspended from the cross-beam) around their 'vine' and let them support their own weight until they reach the top of the sturdy frame. I also have a piece of laundry line about halfway up the sticks sort of as a back-up should the twine fail for some reason. I particularly like the slight difference in flavour in these courgettes and I like their shape. One advantage of growing the climbers is that the ends of the fruits never touch the ground and go all soft and squishy. The day that I tied them up...a pretty sad-looking group of plants, real "Ugly Ducklings". One week later they have recovered and are really taking off. The "vines" grew about 10 inches.
LOL, I gotta get some help with my tendancy to misread things. I thought you wrote "cougarette" and was expecting to see pictures of a lady cougar! Oh, Mary, old before my time! Great idea there!
