courgette

[boxer]

Good morning from Essex.

Variety: All Green Bush, from Mr. Fothergill's.

Lots of large leaf, fruit growing nicely with good flowers.

Problem; fruit grows to about 4inches then stops completely this has been the position for about 7 days so I think there must be something going on.

They have been fed with proprietary feed to the recommended dosage.

Any observations would be appreciated.

Thanks, Boxer

[oldherbaceous]

Dear Boxer, if they are the first courgettes on the plant to be forming, they often do this, cut them off and the ones that follow should be fine.

[alan refail]

Hi Boxer

Probably not pollinated. Do a forum search for courgette pollination and you should see some answers.

[John]

Hello Boxer
As the others have said its probably lack of pollination or an immature plant not yet ready to support fully grown fruits.
I always grow 'Parthenon' which produces excellent fruits without the need for pollination and the plants mature quickly.

John

[boxer]

Thank you all for your replies.

Going down the route of cutting off the small ones.

I will keep you posted.

Cheers, Boxer

[alan refail]

Boxer

Are there male and female flowers on the plants?

[polparrot]

HI - I had the same problem and cut all the smaller ones off about 10 days ago , all going well now with new fruits reforming and lots of flowers so fingers crossed.

[Elaine]

Hi Boxer. I'm growing the same variety and this happened with mine too. The first fruits withered and were removed. This week, I picked the first two good fruits.( of many, I suspect!)