Courgette Q

Should I pick the flowers off the "courgettes" as they die? I haven't done so far but they look awful with grotty dead flowers on them! Or should I let nature do its work and leave them?

 

by drop do you mean, let them fall off by themselves?

 

Yep, bit like this bloke does snowbaby,

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Oh my word Ziggy!!!

Thanks guys! lol!

 

The flowers usually fall off courgettes by themselves Snowbaby.
But if they don't and they're sitting there looking manky then give them a gentle twist and take them off.
I find old flowers left on leads to the ends of the courgettes rotting.

 

I might have to help them a little Alice, cos they are awful, they're mush now, rotting away. I've got male flowers growing now, but the female flowers are dead so might it be the case that the little courgettes I have growing now wont grow?

 

If the flowers are rotten and manky Snowbaby, then take them off. No good can come of them.
For the little courgettes behind your female flowers you will just have to wait and see.
If they have been pollinated then they will grow rapidly.
If they haven't been pollinated they will sit there doing nothing and will soon start to rot.
In that case take them off. They can come to no good.
But don't worry about it. You will get male and female flowers at the same time and those courgettes will be along in abundance.
If all else fails, next year grow Parthenon - self fertile courgette. But it shouldn't be necessary. Let us know how it goes.

 

Oh right, well if that's the case, I would have to say they very well might be pollinated as they are growing fast! I hope so anyway. Otherwise I will definately try that one you mention. Thank you!