A couple of courgette questions

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    Mine have given up producing :( I think mine are sulking in the sandy soil with no nutrients and being neglected for a week while I was away. No mildew yet so maybe there's a linkage to richness of soil too?

    Fried courgette on toast is lovely as is courgette soup by the way.
     
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      Three days ago there were three 4" courgettes and I said to myself that I would pick them the next morning (sprinkler was going on them and the beans that evening). I forgot to pick them until this afternoon. They were over 2lb each! :rolleyespink:
       
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        My courgette plants are looking a lot healthier after I cut off their badly infected leaves. They all have lovely glossy green new leaves on, and have produced quite a few new flowers, but no more fruit yet. I think there's still a chance, but here up north it's a race against time now because we'll be heading into autumn very soon.
         
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          Just a non-courgette but related comment. This is the time to cut back the runners on any squash, ours have done particularly well this year, as the runners will not produce viable new fruit and will take strength away from from the already growing fruit. Even flowers that are developing small fruit are unlikely to be viable.
           
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            A little over two weeks since I gave my badly mildew infected courgette plants a severe hair cut, and guess what..

            Courgettes are back on the menu. I picked two today, and there are a lot more small ones that should hopefully be ready in a few days.
             
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              Loosely related...when my polytunnel cucumbers got mosaic virus and RSM, I binned most but cut back a couple of Telegraph plants to see if they'd re-generate. With some TLC and regular watering, they did and are producing lovely cucumbers again :)
              I always have cut off the mildewy leaves on courgette plants, mostly so I could actually get to the fruit-producing stem :biggrin:
               
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