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Posted by royn45 (U3572483) on Saturday, 31st July 2010
Hi, i set uot two courgettes plants,which i grew from seed, the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú dig in seeds. they have both flowered in abundance but they are all male flowers has anybody else experienced this?
All mine looked to be male flowers and then had a look yesterday to find one solitary courgette.
This won't be noted as a successful year on the courgette front, I'm told they are so easy to grow and one or two plants could feed a family of four, the one in my garden won't
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Posted by ladynovicegardener (U5368058) on Sunday, 1st August 2010
I grow Courgette every year and this year grew Defender. At the start I had a lot of male flowers but there are a good few female now and I'm cropping about 4-5 a week from the 2 plants.
I've also tried yellow ones this year but I'm still waiting for fruit. All I've gotten were male so far. Perhaps it's a bad year for them this year.
Mine appear to be all male too but a bee has been buzzing around them and I actually now have ONE courgette!!!! Have had masses of flowers that have just dropped off but saw a courgette yesterday. Yeah..............................
Update i have found my fist courgette this morning, hope for a few more now after all those male flowers.
It's not just me then. I've had one courgette so far and one more that might develop. All the other flowers have been male. At least we can take some kind of comfort that we aren't doing anything wrong: it's just that sort of a season for courgettes. The message board is so good for reassuring we angst-ridden gardeners!
I've grown five plants, three have done very well but the other two have mostly all male flowers.
I've got two plants and had one courgette a week or so ago - it was a good 'un mind. I've had the beginnings of a couple more female flower buds but they came to nothing, they dropped off well before ever blooming when they were still really tiny. I have 3 or 4 more tiny buds now and am hoping that at least some will develop. The plants look pretty healthy so I'll persevere. It's my first time growing them so if anyone knows anything I should be doing I'd be really grateful.
We had problems with our courgettes last year so this year I planted a lavender bush and some colourful hanging baskets nearby to attract bees.
We are now inundated with courgettes and bees.
The bees seem to love Bacopa and aubretia too.
Hope it may help.
Hi My courgette seeds from Dig In have had a lot of male flowers, then suddenly I noticed a couple of courgettes I have had 8 in total from one plant, sorry to say the other plant is still in a tiny pot! I will plant it in a container to see what happens. I grow all my veg in containers, never had any success with courgettes in a grow bag. I am rather pleased I mangered successfully this time round, without much attention except watering & feeding when I remember.
It seems to be one of those years when you have either a glut or a famine.Plenty of bees and rain in my neck of the woods and plenty of corgettes too.
My plant is picking up, I've had another courgette with two more on the way.
Our courgettes are suffering from powdery mildew which has infected a lot of the leaves and stems. The worst leaves have been trimmed off, but advice differs on how best to treat the problem. Will the plants recover from their rather brutal haircut, and what is the best way to treat the problem?
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Posted by petuniafunkeltrumpet (U14027507) on Monday, 9th August 2010
I must say I have had quite a few courgettes from each plant but they are tasteless. I've started harvesting them small but they still don't have much taste. They're the digin ones too, has anyone else thought the same? The french beans though are lovely!
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Posted by ladynovicegardener (U5368058) on Tuesday, 10th August 2010
Funny that you should say they're tasteless. This years crop (from the Dig In) are much nicer than previous ones I've grown. Not so many to a plant 'tho but enough for me.
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Posted by thevodkarose (U13048111) on Tuesday, 10th August 2010
My dig in plants are very tasty. I make a point of harvesting them as baby courgettes.
I have 9 as yet unused in my fridge, seem to eat them with every other meal, and have more just forming on the three plants outside. It's a good thing I love courgettes.
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Posted by thevodkarose (U13048111) on Tuesday, 10th August 2010
One thing I have noticed about the dig in courgettes though is that mine are all green, not the dark skinned variety promised.
I've found a new favourite dish to use up the glut - courgette and mushroom curry. Could replace the mushroom with any compatible veg, and goes with any curry sauce I can think of. Freezable, too.
I've found a new favourite dish to use up the glut - courgette and mushroom curry. Could replace the mushroom with any compatible veg, and goes with any curry sauce I can think of. Freezable, too.
I've also confidently discovered they keep in the fridge satisfactorily for up to a week (at least, bigger ones last longer) if refrigerated very soon after picking.
I'm definately going to sacrifice one plant to turn into marrows for stuffing too, just to add more variety.
A bag of three currently costs 99p in Asda, and that's on rollback. Cucurbits have to be the most cost effective group of crops for home growing ever.
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