Broken courgette plant

[glenisita]

My courgette plants have been getting far too big for the windowsill, so I've planted two out to see how they go. They're pretty big - about a foot - but I've managed to break a few of the stalks on one of them through extreme clumsiness. Is it likely to recover?

[Daphne1411]

Mine were about 8 inches tall with three leaves on and a fourth appearing. I put mine in the ground on sunday because of the lack of space and since then a stalk from 4 of my plants have snapped. So far so good, they are still growing with gusto as the fourth leaf on one is much bigger. I continue to hope mine grow as its my first time. Good luck with yours.

[zazen999]

Depends on where they are broken. Where have they broken?

[glenisita]

I think the main stem is ok, so hopefully it will survive. The stalks are broken about halfway up to the leaves, but, erm, all of the stalks are broken.

[Redpepper]

The gusty old winds down here have broken some of my courgette leaf stems too.
I think if the main plant stem's intact, you should be ok.

[daisybee]

Have had the same problem this week, trying to harden plants off when a garden chair blew across garden and chopped 2 courgette plants. Hoping as main stem still in tact they will survive but couldn't resist urge to sow 2 more seeds (just in case ).

[glenisita]

Thanks for your replies. Will keep my fingers crossed. Daisybee - I carefully carried my plant through the house, round the path, across the lawn to my vege patch, then - while telling a neighbour that I hoped it wouldn't be damaged by the weather - dropped it! I immediately went and planted another two seeds as well.

[daisybee]

Oh dear Glenisita, I'm sorry but you've made me grin - I thought it was only me that did things like that I will now confess to what happened to some other poor plants of mine - as a newbie to this gardening business I duly put plants out to harden off - took notice of wind and being a fool placed several trays on the garden table! Guess what? The wind blew a tray of poppies and a tray of caulis off the table and of course they had to land upside down! I was in the shed while all this was happening and went back to a 'bombsite' where my plants had been! Thankfully nearly all seem to have survived and I have learnt another lesson - plants much safer on floor!

[glenisita]

Hopefully I'll end up with a garden full of very strong plants. Anything that survives my clumsiness will have to be pretty hardy!