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  • Courgettes without male flowers?

    Am I right in thinking that pollination from a male flower is necessary to produce a succesful courgette?

    I have only ever grown black beauty courgettes before and have found that initally a few fruits have not grown properly, which I had assumed was a pollination problem. This year I have two courgette plants - 1 x defender F1 and 1 x black beauty. The defender plant has so far produced two succesfully harvested courgettes although there have been no male flowers yet from either plant.

    I realise its possible they have been pollinated from another garden, but I am not aware of any neighbours growing any (plus with all the rain pollinating insects have been a rare sight) and just wondered if my previous assumptions were wrong?

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    Usually pollen from another plant is preferred and is the reason why flowers mature at different rates to ensure cross pollination. But there are also self fertile varieties.
    Mark

    Vegetable Kingdom blog

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    • #3
      There are also new varieties that do not need pollination at all so could be grown in a greenhouse.
      Parthenon F1 and Cavili F1. These two have a “parthenocarpic” habit

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