Dear All, thank you for your replies. I apologise for the delay in responding. Taking your advice in no particular order: Since my post I have been getting some fully grown male flowers. Before they developed, I had 7 female flowers which have all been producing fruit, some of which we've already ea...

I have 11 courgette (zuccini ) plants, all having male flower buds showing but, as yet, none has grown to full size and opened. I have already had several female flowers opened for a day and then wilted. Clearly they cannot have been pollinated by my plants and I am not aware of any gardens locally ...