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  • Flower to Fruit - Courgettes, How Long?

    Hi I apologise if this has already been covered, I did a quick search but couldn't find it, I went out this morning to check my veg patch and both my courgette plants now have flowers , My question is do I have to help it along to produce fruit, if so how, feeding it, wiggle a paintbrush around, any other ideas? and also how long does it take from flower until i first get to harvest fruit?

    Sorry for the long winded, rambling question, and thank you for your help.

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    If your courgette has flowers, and there are fruit behind them, then they just have to grow. If they haven't got fruit behind then they are the males [which often happens with courgettes].

    You don't have to do anything. I sometimes nip out the first few fruits of a courgette to encourage it to produce more, and the first few often rot away before being big enough to eat. I end up with about 10 baby courgettes, about 2 inches long, which form my first home grown courgette stir fry of the year with them.

    Once they get going, they can produce from flower to fruit in a few days.....sometimes if it is hot enough you will have a new courgette forming from one day to the next [at optimum conditions]...and being ready a day after you first see it.

    It just takes a while for them to get going....

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    • #3
      Thank you so much for your help, i just went out for a closer look and my outdoor plant has a tiny 1.5 cm courgette behind it, the others just look like stem but I may be mistaken. I think i'll plant my greenhouse courgette out today, if I manage to get the bed edged. Thanks again, fingers crossed for bbq'd courgettes before long.

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      • #4
        i opened the greehouse this morning and my courgettes had huge open flowers on - i put them outside and now all the flowers have closed and 1 fell off in my hand when i looked at it.

        Is this normal? i would have thought the flowers would stay open in the sun (although it is a bit windy here)

        Tracy
        www.tuscana.net 2 junctions from disney, fully equipped apartment. unit 1307 if anyone wants to book their accomodation

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        • #5
          Mine seem to open and close very quickly too.

          Not sure if it's normal; I'm sure a more experienced viner will be along soon!

          Has to be said I am starting to get some proper fruits on mine though - and they are only in builder's buckets as the veg bed has been somewhat delayed!
          http://vegblogs.co.uk/overthyme/

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          • #6
            mine are in pots, but not quite buckets as my veg patch too has been delayed

            Tracy
            www.tuscana.net 2 junctions from disney, fully equipped apartment. unit 1307 if anyone wants to book their accomodation

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            • #7
              Originally posted by taskey View Post
              mine are in pots, but not quite buckets as my veg patch too has been delayed

              Tracy
              Mine are in these!

              Wickes *–*Gardens & Landscaping*–*Bins & Butts*–*Tubs, Bins & Composters*–*Plastic Bucket

              A lot cheaper than the equivalent size 'proper' pots!
              http://vegblogs.co.uk/overthyme/

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