Kitanda wrote:
I'm a novice veg grower - this is only my 2nd year and I have a
question about cucubits.

Last year I bought all female cucumbers so the question didn't come
up.

I doubt this, I have not heard of any cucumber that was dioecious.


But this year I have male/female cucumbers, and also male/female
courgettes growing. I'm sure I read somewhere that I should cut off
the male cucumber flowers as female pollinated fruit becomes bitter.
Should I do the same for the courgettes?


This is not right.

I also read this morning that I should hand pollinate female courgette
flowers with the male.

Only if you have no bees to do the job.

But I was wondering if it's possible that an
insect landing on the male courgette flower could then pollinate a
female cucumber flower?


That is how it normally works.

David