Courgette pollination problem

[Alison M]

I am new to growing so it is all very confussing for me at the moment. I have a courgette plant and have 2 female flowers that open but all the male flowers are closed and not yet open. The female flowers have been open for 3 days now please can anyone tell me if this is corrrect as the internet says the male flowers open first.

[Patchninja]

You really mustn't worry. Try to remember that courgettes have been growing for thousands of years and don't need any help from you except from watering

[rustylady]

Hi Alison, welcome to the Vine. Where is your courgette growing and how big is it? In a tub, pot or open ground? And whereabouts are you? If you go to your profile you can enter your location and it will then show up on your posts (saves us keep asking you). Your plant should soon start producing male and female flowers.

[Alison M]

Thankyou for your prompt reply. My cougette is in a 20 inch trough planter. I have had it in a greehouse but have just put it outside today as a friend advised me to do this he grows them too. Im in Swinton in Manchester. I will go fillin my profile. I have only just this morning registered with this site after reading all the replies to problem people have growing.

[Alison M]

Sorry i forgot to say my courgette plant is about 13" tall from base to top leaf.

[Two_Sheds]

You've done the right thing putting it outside - only tomatoes, cucumbers, melons and chillies need to be inside in August

They are thirsty plants.

Don't worry about pollination until you have problems, ie no fruit. Give it a little time for the bees etc to find it