When will my courgettes start fruiting?

[Flummery]

Many gardeners will give you many answers actiongran! However, the one I've stuck to, which my father-in-law quotes to me every year, is 14 weeks from planting for earlies. I tend to weaken at 12 but I think that much before that you can get a disappointing yeild. The most important time for watering is when the tubers are swelling which would be in the last month (which is why sneaking them out a bit early loses some of your yield!) The thing about flowering can be misleading too. Some varieties tend to put out flower more readily. In my case this year - arran pilot, several are flowering but many more aren't. End of June is my deadline!
PS - the thornyclods (luvverly word!) were probably the wind and rain - no worries, the plants will be ok.

[Corn on the Rob]

Happy days. I've just spotted my first courgette.

Thanks for all your replies.