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Hi fellow gardeners,
I'm growing courgettes, don't remember which variety, in grow bags on my patio, next to a brick wall. They get a lot of afternoon sunshine, and it's been pretty hot & dry here in the North West. I've tried to keep them watered well, having put 1 litre milk jugs, with the bottoms removed, upside down, to get water down to the roots better--I've been giving them 1 to 2 litres of water per plant each day, except for a couple of days that my husband just gave the garden a quick once-over with the hose. Here's my problem: My courgette's leaves are yellowing and dying, and I've had to throw away about 10 little courgettes today because they were growing normally at the stem end, but at the blossom end, they were much narrower, and had yellowed, and some had started to rot. I hope I didn't mess up by chopping them up and putting them into the compost bin! Can anyone tell me why my courgettes are growing in this deformed fashion, turning yellow at the blossom end, and dying/rotting? I'm not sure if I'm over-watering, under-watering, it's too hot, or what. Oh, I did give them a small feeding--less than 1/2 a litre--of compost tea this weekend. We took a knee-high stocking and filled it 1/2 full with compost from the bin, and dropped it into a bucket of tap water. I fed this to my okra & cucumbers with no apparent ill effects.
Thanks,
Phyllis
I'm growing courgettes, don't remember which variety, in grow bags on my patio, next to a brick wall. They get a lot of afternoon sunshine, and it's been pretty hot & dry here in the North West. I've tried to keep them watered well, having put 1 litre milk jugs, with the bottoms removed, upside down, to get water down to the roots better--I've been giving them 1 to 2 litres of water per plant each day, except for a couple of days that my husband just gave the garden a quick once-over with the hose. Here's my problem: My courgette's leaves are yellowing and dying, and I've had to throw away about 10 little courgettes today because they were growing normally at the stem end, but at the blossom end, they were much narrower, and had yellowed, and some had started to rot. I hope I didn't mess up by chopping them up and putting them into the compost bin! Can anyone tell me why my courgettes are growing in this deformed fashion, turning yellow at the blossom end, and dying/rotting? I'm not sure if I'm over-watering, under-watering, it's too hot, or what. Oh, I did give them a small feeding--less than 1/2 a litre--of compost tea this weekend. We took a knee-high stocking and filled it 1/2 full with compost from the bin, and dropped it into a bucket of tap water. I fed this to my okra & cucumbers with no apparent ill effects.
Thanks,
Phyllis
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