On Jun 14, 3:39?pm, "GreenieLeBrun" wrote:
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Do you have to remove the "male" non productive flowers from
courgettes or leave them?

The male flowers are needed to pollinate the females, you can do this by
hand or allow insects to do the polination. The courgettes will not develope
unless the females are pollinated.

I'm in So. California and I never touch them. There are many more male
flowers but they all disappear after flowering. They pollenate the
female flowers. We love just looking at all the pretty flowers on the
courgettes or summer squash as we call them here. Regards - Jim