Courgette problems

Dear All

I am new to this site, but am hoping for some gardening tips for my courgette plant. They are in a well composted/fed raised planter. They get watered daily (about 4 litres/plant), and I am very careful to water about 15-20cm out from the plant base and do not get any of the flowers wet.

The plant have produced 8 flowers so far made up of a combination of female and males. These have been well visited by many insects and I have also fertilised some of the flowers from each other.

However, only two of the corgettes have managed to make it to about 8", the others have got to about 3 or 4" and then rwinkled up and started to rott from the flower end.

Any ideas as to what I am doing wrong would be much appreciated.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Best Regards

 

hi Ates welcome, it hasnt been a good year all round with veg growing this year in certain areas due to weather conditions. it still has got time to pick up now the heatwave is gone.FANCY :(

 

The courgettes I am growing in my conservatory are going like that and I have put it down to the heat but not sure if I am right about that.

 

I'm with Shiney and suspect you may be being too kind to them.
I'd one plant in a polytunnel that got a couple of litres every other day and it got so big I dug it out. My other plant in the garden is cropping like crazy and despite the lack of rain and very occasional watering produces more than we can use.
Eight inches is a bit too big unless you're aiming to produce marrows.
I've never had to hand pollinate.

 

If they are rotting from the flower end, then I reckon its pollenation problems, the heat shouldn't be a problem, they like it hot and wet.
Even though you pick a courgette well before its mature, ie. a marrow, it still needs to be pollenated.