Courgettes - when should they be ready?

Our courgette plants have been producing flowers and tiny courgettes for a few weeks now, but they never grow into proper sized courgettes. I know there can be male and female flowers, so maybe that's it, but when can I expect a proper crop?

Maybe the wet, miserable weather is slowing them down.

 

My courgette plants have been in the ground for weeks now and have barely moved, I have had one or two flowers is all. So yes, wet miserable weather is slowing them down as they need sunshine and warmth to flourish.

Steve...

 

Thanks Steve. I don't know about your side of the penines but on our side the weather had a good blowout yesterday and now the sun is out, so fingers crossed.

 

Mine have a few tiny courgettes coming but already nearly all of the leaves are covered in mildew, this has never happened this early but there again we haven't had such a cool, cloudy season like this for years.

 

this is the courgette in my utility room had about 15 medium sized one so far


then there is the one in the garden planted at the same time i have lost so mant leaves to the wind but i have had a few small ones biggest problem seems to be the wind whips the flowers away !

the ones up the plot havent produced any flowers yet and are a fraction of the size ! yet all planted at same time

 

do you remove the male flowers ????

 

No, they need polinating, in fact it helps to take one & strip the petals then rodger the femail flowers, just in case Spruce is using all the bees.

 

Thanks Ziggy