Help with courgettes

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emma178

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Help with courgettes
« on: April 16, 2010, 14:04 »
I planted a couple of courgette seeds in 4" pots on the windowsill (with heated prop) 4 weeks ago and left them to be watered by a neighbour whilst I went away on holiday. 

Came back to find them about 5" high and already starting to flower!  Have since transferred them to bigger pots and given them a feed but they are still carrying on flowering.  Should I snip the flowers off to let it grow a bit more or just leave them to it? 

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kermit

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Re: Help with courgettes
« Reply #1 on: April 16, 2010, 14:26 »
Depending on where you are its way too cold to plant out anytime soon anyway so I would just re-sow as a backup.  I aint sowing this year until early May.

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Kristen

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Re: Help with courgettes
« Reply #2 on: April 17, 2010, 10:21 »
I expect it will produce male flowers (long thin stalks behind the flowers) for a while before it produces female ones (small Courgette instead of a stalk connecting the flower-to-plant).

No point having Male flowers until there are some Female ones to be fertilised ... so taking them off (and cooking them :) ) might save the plant some energy.

Winchester is probably a lot warmer, earlier in the year, than Suffolk .... but I think it will be a while before they can go out, so pot on until its safe to plant them out.


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