Male flowers on courgettes

gardenhat · « **on:** June 08, 2010, 11:28 »

Hello, my 3 courgette plants have produced many male flowers but only 2 tiny fruits so far - should I remove some of the male flowers?

DD. · « **Reply #1 on:** June 08, 2010, 11:31 »

No.

They are essential for pollination and are not detrimental to the plant.

RichardA · « **Reply #2 on:** June 08, 2010, 12:08 »

Echo DD just leave them alone, fruit will come fast enough once they start
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DD. · « **Reply #3 on:** June 08, 2010, 12:10 »

You can, of course, eat them!

B_and_D · « **Reply #4 on:** June 08, 2010, 12:41 »

Only time we remove male flowers from courgettes is to give pollination a helping hand whilst singing barry white tunes to the plants :happy:

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