Sorry basic courgette question

My courgette plant in the greenhouse seems to be putting out lots of courgettes which are flowering.

My question is should I take off the dead heads of the flowers when the courgette is growing or just leave them on?

 

I usually remove the flowers when they start fading.

 

I dont think it matters that much, but in the interests of tydyness its probably a good idea.

 

Deep fried courgette flowers in tempora batter? Don't waste an opportunity like that!

Pull, fry and eat! AND enjoy

 

Leave your courgettes untill they are the size of a Ikea sideboard. Everybody else does.

Cheers, Tony.

 

Does removing the flowers stop the courgette dying and rotting as some of mine have :(

 

I can't remember who told me, but apparently this happens when the flower is not pollinated. By observation, it seems right to me, as the situation you describe was happening to loads of mine while I was keeping the greenhouse shut, but since I've been leaving it open during the day so that more creatures can get in, I've not seen this problem as much, and on the few that I've planted out in open ground, I've not seen any such problems.

 

Very interesting thanks - mine are planted in the ground outside (we usually get a good crop with little attention), is there anything I can do to pollinate them?

 

I think that's a job for the bumblebees. Our weather has cheered up a bit lately so the bees are out in force making up for lost time, but I understand from the news that other parts of the country are still getting wet. Could that be the problem?