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  • Courgettes...so many flowers!

    Hi All,
    I'm very new to this gardening thing and have been so proud that I have managed to grow anything from seed (being the least green-fingered person I know)
    I have got 3 courgette plants at the suggested distance in a raised bed; I keep getting lots of flower but only one courgette on one plant and now one on another. I was told my plants would go nuts but am only getting token efforts.
    What am I doing wrong?
    Hev
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  • #2
    me too i may get one courgette for every 7 or 8 flowers i presume they are not getting pollinated ie bees xx

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    • #3
      Tis still really early for courgettes.

      They usually have male flowers for a fair while before the female ones - and when you do get the first female ones [the ones with the baby courgettes behind the flower] the first few drop off when small, or start rotting....I'd not worry about it unless the plant isn't growing any new leaves or flowers.

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      • #4
        Give them a few more weeks. Once they start cropping proper you'll understand why folk say they go nuts.
        http://plot62.blogspot.com/

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        • #5
          And you can eat the male flowers. Never fancied it myself, but my crazy friend goes mad for them.
          Into each life some rain must fall........but this is getting ridiculous.

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          • #6
            They do say that the first few fruits are a bit sporadic, but once they get going in a few weeks, you'll have courgettes coming out of your ears!! I heartily recommend the book 'What will I do with all those courgettes' by Elaine Borish. Happy eating.

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            • #7
              In a few weeks you'll be inundated with courgettes - start thinking of what to do with them now. Growing two plants (there's only two of us) - last year we only grew one plant but that was more than enough for us - look like my neighbours etc will be getting some of the residual ones.

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