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Thoughts on yellow courgettes

purplerallimpurplerallim Posts: 5,287
in Fruit & veg
 Good morning all. I'm wondering if anyone has grown Jemmer f1 courgettes before. These yellow ones are my first try. They are much slower to grow than my usual type and now that they are starting to flower I'm not sure that all 5 on each plant are male or not female flowers. What do you think, have I been sold a pup? The bottom photo is my usual plants of which I have had 8 from already.

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited July 2018
    I've not grown that variety but I have grown yellow courgettes in the past.  I can't see a problem with yours ... from the photo I can't really tell whether you've got male or female flowers or a mix, but it's not uncommon for the first batch of flowers to be all  male, particularly it seems, in hot weather.  There looks to be a lot of young shoots with more growing to do.   I'm sure it'll settle down ... panic not!  :)   At least your harvest will be nicely spaced out. 

    My only concern is that there's not a lot of room in those containers ... my courgette plants (var. Romanesco) are currently occupying a space about 2 sq m each, and they're supposed to be a compact variety.  

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • purplerallimpurplerallim Posts: 5,287
    Have grown mine like this for years and always get a good harvest. Have been short on space all this time so spreading out has not been an option. Next year a shed is coming down and raised veg beds going in so more room is anticipated. 😁
  • Joyce21Joyce21 Posts: 15,489
    The squirrels have had my yellow courgettes!
    SW Scotland
  • purplerallimpurplerallim Posts: 5,287
    They like courgettes?🤔😯
  • Joyce21Joyce21 Posts: 15,489
    It seems so but so do I!
    SW Scotland
  • GardenGrower11GardenGrower11 Posts: 312
    @purplerallim Some courgette varieties are just naturally more productive or early than others. I've grown quite a few, but not the Jemmer F1 you mention. Hopefully you'll be lucky and the Jemmers will just be a bit later. It could turn out to be a positive in helping to avoid a glut and extend your growing season.

    Not everyone is lucky enough to have all the space they would like, so don't be put off growing in containers. I've done the same thing, and as long as you get the watering/feeding right, you will be ok. Yields might be lower, but still worthwhile, and you work with what you've got :)
  • purplerallimpurplerallim Posts: 5,287
    Well quantity has never been a problem Chris. Up until 2015 was in a small terraced house so limited garden, but still managed to produce enough courgettes/toms/cucumbers for the family, it was just a short season as they were outside. Now I have a greenhouse, such bliss. Still sorting out the rest of the garden but nearly there.😁
  • GardenGrower11GardenGrower11 Posts: 312
    Nice story @purplerallim :)

    Agreed how good it is to have a greenhouse. Are you growing any yellow or other coloured tomatoes, as well as the yellow courgettes?
  • purplerallimpurplerallim Posts: 5,287
    Yes yellow Tom's too. I have Alicante, Gardeners Delight ,Sun baby (yellows) and Black Russian plus Femspot and Hana (mini) cucumbers in the greenhouse. Outside both types of courgette, French beans, sweetcorn,carrots, red spring onions and raspberries. So much more I can do now.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    If you've achieved good crops before in those containers then you've obviously got it sussed  ;) 

    After last year with my knee injury I decided this year to grow as much as possible in the ground, to cut back on watering .... the weather isn't co-operating ... still lots of watering ... but we are getting great crops  :D

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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