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Courgettes
On 19 July, 11:46, June Hughes wrote:
In message , June Hughes writes In message , writes In article , June Hughes wrote: I have never grown courgettes as my husband doesn't like them but recently bought one plant to fill a space in a raised bed. *It was very soon producing courgettes and I was so pleased, I went to the garden centre and bought two more plants, which I put in a gigantic pot. *They too grew quickly but it soon became apparent that they are both (I think - I am a courgette bozo) male, as all they are producing is flowers on stalks where you would expect the courgettes to be. *They are also rather prickly plants. *I know you can cook the flowers and shall do so but can anyone please tell me if there is anything I can do? No, all courgettes are bisexual. *Most of the squashes seem to produce quote a lot of male flowers before they start producing female ones. Most varieties are prickly, but not all. So I recommend a policy of constructive inaction. That's just what I need to know. *So - I shall harvest the flowers, cook them and wait and see what happens next. *I wonder why the first plant went straight into courgette mode? Forgot to say thank-you. *Sorry. *Thanks -- June Hughes My kids have never liked courgettes, or so they say - but I chop them up and add them to curry in the early stages of cooking. After an hour or two simmering, they have merged with the curry sauce and acted as a thickener, with just the bits of green skin which could easily be mistaken for peppers. It is amazing how much surplus courgette can be 'hidden' in a curry this way, and eaten by those who hate them. |
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