Hello everyone :D :D
I am another newbie. Had my allotment for roughly a year now. Been reading some posts on here and find them very interesting & very helpfull. On the allotment I have got most of the usual crops but I am having problems with 3x courgettes which are in a grow bag in the greenhouse. They have been getting enough water but the fruit has gone yellow on the ends, I have also fed them with tomato feed a few times. Does anyone have any ideas what I am doing wrong???
Tracey
Welcome to this great site Irish :D
Sorry I cant help you with your
courgettes but I'm sure someone
else will
I have an allotment but haven't
grown anything yet as its not ready.
See ya later
Hi Irish T,
I'm no expert, but some varieties of courgette do turn yellow, it's perfectly normal.
Hi Irish T
I think someone else mentioned that if the ends of courgettes are going yellow and withering then it is a pollination problem.. I have the same thing with a couple of my courgettes outside but I'm getting plenty of health ones so not too bothered. Maybe because yours are in a greenhouse they need a little helping hand with pollination. Like others have said, find a fresh male flower,pick it, carefully tear the petals off then push it in anther (bit with the pollen) first into a fresh female flower and rub against the stigma (female bits). The female flowers will have a small courgette already forming at their base, and the male ones have a longish thin stalk with no swelling.
Hope this helps
Sweet-pea
Welcome Irish.. I am sure you will enjoy A4A
Lorna
Hi there IT.
Courgette expert that I am (not) I'd say if they weren't meant to be yellow, then I'd agree with sweet-pea about the pollination problem.
My female flowers appeared long before any males and I kept a sharp eye on them incase they started going soft and rotting. Thankfully so far none have, probably cos I'm cutting them before they're having time to rot ! I find the female flowers close so quickly that I have no idea how the bees get to do their job at all !
Plenty more coming along now, so I don't mind if they're a bit on the small side when I'm cutting them and they taste just fine !
Do let us know how you get on eh ?
;D