Courgettes ready - going on holiday

[goodolpete]

All my plants have started producing, but I'm away for 2 weeks, with no-one to pick them! I don't want to return to 2 foot marrows, so, as well as removing immature
ones and flowers, is there anything else I can do?

[Greenleaves]

Cancel your holiday

[Penellype]

Depending on the type of courgette plant (some will self-pollinate), you could try covering the plants with insect mesh to stop the flowers being pollinated - they will then fall off and the plant will produce more flowers. You'd have to wait a while for more courgettes to form when you got home.

I've never seen this suggested, its just a guess, so don't bank on it working!

[Nicos]

First courgette!!!!!!
Ther we were, willing the tiny yellow courgettes to grow, eagerly awaiting picking the first one....(still not ready!)... when OH wandered over to another smaller plot which is basically 'survive or die zone'...only to find a green courgette the size of a marrow!
I hadn't even realised he'd planted an excess plant over there!
Just goes to prove the saying about waiting for a kettle to boil eh?????

Still...really excited.....can't wait to get me gnashers into that!mmmmmmmm

[rary]

I have a courgette out side, planted three weeks ago, its still the same size, as when planted, the one in the green house, sown the same time has produced two courgettes, but its taking up too much room in the greenhouse and I think its too cold to put outside, so unless the weather improves I won't have any more this year

[Darthcider]

Do you have family/friends/neighbour who could enjoy the fruits of your labour and pick some while you are away?