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Lack of male courgette flowers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10FMkBFq_V0
Very long winded but the message is to harvest your male flowers when they bloom then refrigerate or even freeze them so you have males ready when the females bloom. Never having had an issue with lack of male flowers before, this is a "20/20 hindsight" bit of information. However something to consider for future years, perhaps. Cheers Dave R -- AMD FX-6300 in GA-990X-Gaming SLI-CF running Windows 7 Pro x64 -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus |
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Lack of male courgette flowers
On Tue, 07 Jul 2020 11:43:01 +0000, David wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10FMkBFq_V0 Very long winded but the message is to harvest your male flowers when they bloom then refrigerate or even freeze them so you have males ready when the females bloom. Never having had an issue with lack of male flowers before, this is a "20/20 hindsight" bit of information. However something to consider for future years, perhaps. Just been given a male flower by a friend who has loads. We shall see if poking the female flower with some pollen makes a difference. Cheers Dave R -- AMD FX-6300 in GA-990X-Gaming SLI-CF running Windows 7 Pro x64 -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus |
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Lack of male courgette flowers
On Tue, 7 Jul 2020 11:43:01 David wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10FMkBFq_V0 Very long winded but the message is to harvest your male flowers when they bloom then refrigerate or even freeze them so you have males ready when the females bloom. Never having had an issue with lack of male flowers before, this is a "20/20 hindsight" bit of information. However something to consider for future years, perhaps. My problem at the moment is that I have one or two female flowers open but no male flowers at all! Hey, ho! I expect they will appear in due course! David -- David Rance writing from Caversham, Reading, UK |
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Lack of male courgette flowers
On 08/07/2020 09:23, David Rance wrote:
On Tue, 7 Jul 2020 11:43:01 David wrote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10FMkBFq_V0 Very long winded but the message is to harvest your male flowers when they bloom then refrigerate or even freeze them so you have males ready when the females bloom. Never having had an issue with lack of male flowers before, this is a "20/20 hindsight" bit of information. However something to consider for future years, perhaps. My problem at the moment is that I have one or two female flowers open but no male flowers at all! Hey, ho! I expect they will appear in due course! David Opposite situation here, 4 very good looking males open, but all the females are shy and have closed up, whilst others haven't opened up yet. |
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Lack of male courgette flowers
On Tue, 07 Jul 2020 11:43:01 +0000, David wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10FMkBFq_V0 Very long winded but the message is to harvest your male flowers when they bloom then refrigerate or even freeze them so you have males ready when the females bloom. Never having had an issue with lack of male flowers before, this is a "20/20 hindsight" bit of information. However something to consider for future years, perhaps. A month later and I am getting some fertilised courgettes but not that many. Most seem to be unfertilised. However one plant is showing signs of a male flower developing so I could be in for some rampant courgette sex in a while. Just visited someone else in passing and they seemed to have all male flowers and some females. However I wasn't in a position to pinch some. Cheers Dave R -- AMD FX-6300 in GA-990X-Gaming SLI-CF running Windows 7 Pro x64 -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus |
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Lack of male courgette flowers
On 11/08/2020 18:33, David wrote:
On Tue, 07 Jul 2020 11:43:01 +0000, David wrote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10FMkBFq_V0 Very long winded but the message is to harvest your male flowers when they bloom then refrigerate or even freeze them so you have males ready when the females bloom. Never having had an issue with lack of male flowers before, this is a "20/20 hindsight" bit of information. However something to consider for future years, perhaps. A month later and I am getting some fertilised courgettes but not that many. Most seem to be unfertilised. However one plant is showing signs of a male flower developing so I could be in for some rampant courgette sex in a while. Just visited someone else in passing and they seemed to have all male flowers and some females. It is an odd year. I have had female flowers from the outset and in a ratio about 4:1 against males. Usually the slightly immature plant has half a dozen male flowers before it is anything like the size needed to support female flowers. As it is with this very warm weather I have to harvest every couple of days or they would quickly turn into marrows. -- Regards, Martin Brown |
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