When 'poor' pollination is mentioned in this context, it often means only partial pollination has occurred. Each seed in multi-seeded fruits like courgettes, strawberries, sweetcorn etc needs to be pollinated. If only a few of them are in an individual fruit, you can get effects like distorted strawberries, corn with many undeveloped kernels on the cob and oddly shaped members of the cucumber family. Often the plant will shed such fruit.
A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
Ok, back form a successful shopping trip, so here's my plan of action;
1. Put the courgettes that are currently in grow bags (2 I think) into buckets, similar to the one the others are in.
2. Move them outside.
3. Remove any baby courgettes that look damaged or that are too close to other more established ones.
4. Water carefully - in one of them I have an upside down plastic bottle cut in half, so I'm going to use that method with all of them now so no water goes in the leaves/fruit and goes straight in the soil to get to the roots.
Thanks Bob I just thought that the size of the plant pot and number OL was having rot and fact they were inside that removing a few little ones might give her a better mature few.
Just shows you're never too old to learn My three are out in the garden no flowers on male or obvious females yet, but healthy. I grow three to provide some to family.
OL I once made courgette loaf, if you see a recipe for that I'd consider giving it at miss even with sheer determination to enjoy it I failed Soz for any duff info.
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I have about 7 plants too Welshonion, I grew too many
I will be making all sorts with them soon (I hope).
That's what I'd thought about the pollination thing but then thought I'd misunderstood, like I said not very good on the biology side of things
When 'poor' pollination is mentioned in this context, it often means only partial pollination has occurred. Each seed in multi-seeded fruits like courgettes, strawberries, sweetcorn etc needs to be pollinated. If only a few of them are in an individual fruit, you can get effects like distorted strawberries, corn with many undeveloped kernels on the cob and oddly shaped members of the cucumber family. Often the plant will shed such fruit.
1. Put the courgettes that are currently in grow bags (2 I think) into buckets, similar to the one the others are in.
2. Move them outside.
3. Remove any baby courgettes that look damaged or that are too close to other more established ones.
4. Water carefully - in one of them I have an upside down plastic bottle cut in half, so I'm going to use that method with all of them now so no water goes in the leaves/fruit and goes straight in the soil to get to the roots.
Right, off to find them a home
I agree with all of the above EXCEPT No. 3 - I would only remove those that have begun to rot.
You could be removing perfectly good courgettes which are trying to grow up to be a courgette and chocolate cake
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Does anyone have the recipe for that?
Here you are http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/633634/chocolate-courgette-cake
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thanks Bob
I just thought that the size of the plant pot and number OL was having rot and fact they were inside that removing a few little ones might give her a better mature few.
Just shows you're never too old to learn
My three are out in the garden no flowers on male or obvious females yet, but healthy. I grow three to provide some to family.
OL I once made courgette loaf, if you see a recipe for that I'd consider giving it at miss
even with sheer determination to enjoy it I failed 
Soz for any duff info.
Here we go, courgettes in their new home with the spuds and GH looking a lot less cluttered
Thank you everyone
No info is duff KEF, it all helps us learn and thanks for the courgette loaf tip 