Forum home› Fruit & veg
This Forum will close on Wednesday 27 March, 2024. Please refer to the announcement on the Discussions page for further detail.

Should i cut flowers off?

scarlkatieeescarlkatieee Posts: 43
in Fruit & veg
My chillis and courgette plants that I started from seed indoors have started to flower. I was wondering if i should cut the flowers off as it is too soon or whether i should leave them?
Im aware it’s still a bit too cold out to start hardening them off.
Any advice would be appreciated!


Posts

  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    I don't know what others would say, but I would leave them. The first ones will be male anyway.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • SkandiSkandi Posts: 1,723
    I would take the one of the courgette it's a male so no use to you either way and so are the next couple we can see.
  • Mary370Mary370 Posts: 2,003
    How do you know it's a male?  Is it a male plant?  Are there male plants?  Obviously clueless about veg.......
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    I always take the males off for a start, they do sent a lot of males before the females, perhaps they act as scouts,😀
    the females have a little bulge behind the flower , on the stem,  like a tiny baby courgette. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

Sign In or Register to comment.