"Drakanthus" wrote in message
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There are two types of flower. Female with the mini courgette just
behind,
male without. you need both types in flower at the same time plus
insects
to
pollinate to get as crop.

It often happens at the start of flowering that the female flowers come
first (cue risqué comments) - maybe that is natures way of ensuring at
least
some cross pollination? - but don't worry it will sort it self out in
due
course.

pk


A tip I picked up on this group last year about courgettes is worth
noting:
When watering them (which they need frequently) avoid getting water into
the
female flowers, as this has a tendency to make the baby courgettes go
rotten
at the flower end, progressing into the whole courgette. It had baffled me
for ages why that happened sometimes to seemingly healthy courgettes.

Great stuff. Thanks for the advice in the above two postings, it's much
appreciated