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Seeds came from the same packet, all are planted in the same type/brand of compost in containers.
4 of the plants were planted into final position ages ago and all of those are very big plants now and have small courgettes on them.
The other 4 were left in their small pots for weeks simply because I had no room and no compost to plant them on.
I finally planted them on but all of these 4 only have (lots of) male flowers, not one female amongst them.
Now common sense would seem to dictate this is due to their living conditions in some way, rather than the seeds/plants themselves, given that their stablemates all took off once replanted.
So question is, do I continue with them or assume they have somehow 'set' because of their tough beginnings and it's unlikely they will throw out female flowers now?
They have at least 6 flowers on each plant, all male, so their flowering ability is not impaired, they're just gender specific.
4 of the plants were planted into final position ages ago and all of those are very big plants now and have small courgettes on them.
The other 4 were left in their small pots for weeks simply because I had no room and no compost to plant them on.
I finally planted them on but all of these 4 only have (lots of) male flowers, not one female amongst them.
Now common sense would seem to dictate this is due to their living conditions in some way, rather than the seeds/plants themselves, given that their stablemates all took off once replanted.
So question is, do I continue with them or assume they have somehow 'set' because of their tough beginnings and it's unlikely they will throw out female flowers now?
They have at least 6 flowers on each plant, all male, so their flowering ability is not impaired, they're just gender specific.
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