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Courgettes all male flowers

B3B3 Posts: 27,505
in Fruit & veg
My courgettes seem to be producing only male flowers - apart from one . single courgette now eaten😋
Is this likely to change or should I just enjoy the pretty flowers?
In London. Keen but lazy.

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  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    The male flowers appear first, so there's no chance of missing fertilizing a female.
    The girls will be along soon enough.

    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • Womble54Womble54 Posts: 348
    I have the opposite problem with my tromboncino. All girls, no boys. The squash get to about 6 inches without being pollinated so I just pick them once the flower closes.

    Hopefully your female and my male flowers will turn up soon.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Thanks @Pete.8. Respek for resisting sexist remarks😉
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
     :D the temptation was there!

    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • forget-me-notforget-me-not Posts: 52
    Mine only produced one female. The squash grew to about 3 inches at the beginning of August then fell off. I have enjoyed the flowers but is there anything I can do to encourage more females and to make them stay put until they are a decent size?
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