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Growing => Vegetables => Topic started by: Dizzycow on August 23, 2011, 01:34:11 pm

Title: Courgettes
Post by: Dizzycow on August 23, 2011, 01:34:11 pm

Does anyone know why my courgette flowers are falling off and not producing a courgette?

Title: Re: Courgettes
Post by: ellisr on August 23, 2011, 01:39:10 pm

because they are male flowers the female flowers produce the fruit, normally you have to wait a bit for the female flower/fruit to come along.

Title: Re: Courgettes
Post by: Hopewell on August 23, 2011, 03:14:12 pm

You can tell which ones are female by the miniature courgette they are attached to. If these ones are falling off then you may have a problem with watering/temperature/mildew etc.

Title: Re: Courgettes
Post by: Dizzycow on August 23, 2011, 03:40:04 pm

Ok, thanks. Could it be that I'm watering them too much?