"Paul Luton" wrote in message
. uk...


And if I may.. on the same subject: courgettes.. I have got several
courgettes (golden zucchini) that are now in big pots and rapidly getting
potbound. Each seems to grow visibly by the hour, and each has lots of
male flowers and budding zucchini (the zucchini are currently about 1.5cm
long). Some of the male flowers are on the point of opening. Do I need to
remove the male flowers to prevent bitter tasting zucchini developing, in
the same way as some cucumbers require some flowers to be removed to stop
the cucumbers becoming bitter?

In a word NO - I think that they do need pollinating.

Paul

Thank you!