[digwell123]

Hi,  anyone else planted out marrow and courgette, only to see them not grow a jot, but put up male flowers???  Any ideas whats going on?!!

[Salmo]

At a guess they have probably been in their pots a long time. Leave them be and I am sure they will grow. You could snip off the male flowers, it might make them put energy into leaf production.

[gillian62]

I usually find that they throw up a lot of male flowers at the start before any females appear.  Then before you know it you are inundated with courgettes!!

[simonwatson]

They often seen to do this when planted out. It seems to be the way they sulk. As others have said, give 'em a few weeks and you'll be inundated.

[Truffle]

Maybe a silly question, but how do you know which are male and which are female flowers???

[DD.]

The female has a small courgette behind the flower, the male, just a thin stalk.

[digwell123]

thanks all, i will give them a bit of tlc and some time to get going!