Pruning Courgette Plants

misskool

frazzbo wrote: »

How do I know the difference between male and femalre flowers?

the male is long and thin.

the female has a bump as they are growing

lolly5648

misskool wrote: »

the male is long and thin.

the female has a bump as they are growing

Do you get male and female flowers on the same plant or do you need a few plants so they can cross pollinate?

icecreamdogpark

lolly5648 wrote: »

Do you get male and female flowers on the same plant or do you need a few plants so they can cross pollinate?

I`m a beginner,but having a guess, i think one plant has both types of leaves but anyway it`s the job of insects to pollinate and they travel from plant to plant you probably don`t realise there will be lots of the same flowers in gardens near by yours that the bees etc will visit :j

Rotwein44

Yes each plant will have both, I have had a couple of males that have died off after a few days and I now have 2 baby courgettes growing! hooray

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I've got the most enormous flowers on my triffid courgette.., much bigger than on the less mutant like ones. I can't wait to see what happens when courgettes start forming.

Maybe I used too much growmore (or too little on the others) lol.

sareybox_2

I had a male flower on one plant that wilted after 1 day, then I got three female flowers on another plant which have now wilted too, they weren't open at the same time som I don't think they could have been pollenated but the bumps behind the flowers seems to still be growing. One is about 3" long. Are they pollenated and growing in to courgettes? i'm very confused!

misskool

sareybox wrote: »

I had a male flower on one plant that wilted after 1 day, then I got three female flowers on another plant which have now wilted too, they weren't open at the same time som I don't think they could have been pollenated but the bumps behind the flowers seems to still be growing. One is about 3" long. Are they pollenated and growing in to courgettes? i'm very confused!

If they are growing then they have been pollinated. :j

Cucurbits (the family members of cucumbers, squash, courgettes etc) can be pollinated by any other members of the same family so if someone nearby is growing something else then the bees will have done their job.

sareybox_2

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irishwexford

I just plant mine, water them and try and cope with the glut of courgettes I get. I planted four this year (mad or what) but hope to give lots away. I do not grow cucumbers but use courgettes in salads instead. Never stop to think about male and female flowers but must be doing something right as they alwlays grow.

billieboy_2

I've got eight plants:o. Half were "courgette" seeds from last year and half were seeds I saved from a marrow someone brought back from France. I'm hoping for a glut this year:). Have already got about five babies:j.