Courgettes rotting

[Mark Rand]

But in sunny, warm weather it's simple to hand pollinate the courgettes. They're a lot less fiddly than chilli flowers!

I've got a number of courgettes left on my (one) plant, but they've stopped growing due to the temperature and light levels. That's alright, I can use them as 'mini-courgettes'

[Marb67]

Well, hand pollinating them doesn't work as you can see from my results. 2 other plants in large containers had to be binned

[ameno]

Courgettes are not always very self-fertile. Cross-pollination, with pollen take from a different plant, is usually more reliable.

[Marb67]

Ok, I did take the pollen from the other plant though.