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You normaly get a nice bunch of flowers to look at on your marrows/courgettes before the male/female thing catches up. I usually find the first few flowers are male so it flowers for a week or two before there's any chance of a fruit seting. It's just one of nature's funny little ways. They catch up then you'll get fruits set.
I've sometimes wondered if it's a way of trying to get plants to cross rather than self pollinate. If the first plant produced all male flowers for a week, then females, then the next one along would be producing its males when the first ones females were in bloom. Or don't I get out enough?Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.
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Originally posted by Flummery View PostYou normaly get a nice bunch of flowers to look at on your marrows/courgettes before the male/female thing catches up. I usually find the first few flowers are male so it flowers for a week or two before there's any chance of a fruit seting. It's just one of nature's funny little ways. They catch up then you'll get fruits set.
I've sometimes wondered if it's a way of trying to get plants to cross rather than self pollinate. If the first plant produced all male flowers for a week, then females, then the next one along would be producing its males when the first ones females were in bloom. Or don't I get out enough?
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