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Old 04-07-2020, 05:43 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Courgette fruit staying small - long but slim

On Fri, 03 Jul 2020 18:34:38 +0000, Nick Maclaren wrote:

In article ,
David wrote:
The courgettes (three different varieties) are fruiting, but the fruits
are not swelling fully.

The yellow one, for example, grows fruit to about 5" long but only very
slim.
They don't swell (an early one did part way along near the base) and
after a while go a deeper yellow which suggests that they are ripe.


Regrettably not. It indicates that they have died (fruits are living
things, even off the plant), and you may as well cut them off and
compost them. They often do that at the start of the season, and when
the plants get virus (but you should see that on the leaves,
if so). I can't explain further than that.


Respectfully disagree that these ones are dead.

Early failures shrivel up from the flower end and lose their bright green
or yellow colour and as you say need chucking.

These are firm and show no signs of shrivelling or losing colour. Just no
signs of further swelling to indicate that there are fertilised seeds
within.

I tentatively put this down to a lack of male flowers to fertilise them.

Anyway, we are about to eat them.
Will report back if they are inedible. :-)


Cheers


Dave R




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