Check out this gorgeous courgette. Any tips on helping pollination?
As title states, got these beautiful flowers but no fruits yet and need to get them to pollinate. Tried giving them a gentle tap and letting bees in but nothing yet, does anyone have any advice please?
Courgettes produce male and female flowers so you’ll need both to produce fruit. If you’re lucky you’ll have both on your plant at the same time and you would just have to transfer the pollen from the male flower to the female. I’ve had success cutting the males from the plant and storing them in the fridge until there’s a female flower ready to pollinate. You’ll have about a week to use the stored flowers.
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Courgettes produce male and female flowers so you’ll need both to produce fruit. If you’re lucky you’ll have both on your plant at the same time and you would just have to transfer the pollen from the male flower to the female. I’ve had success cutting the males from the plant and storing them in the fridge until there’s a female flower ready to pollinate. You’ll have about a week to use the stored flowers.