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Posted by mikew79861948 s england (My Page) on Sat, Jul 8, 06 at 10:38
| young fruit rotting on the plants,why is this anyone else had this trouble thanks |
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RE: courgettes
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| This seems to be quite a common thing with courgettes, mainly at the beginning and end of the season, it may be temperature related. The affected fruits are usually a darker green than the others and rot back from the blossom end. Unless you are experiencing crop failure due to this I would just cut them off and bin them. Courgette plants are so prolific that you can discard a few duds and still have more good fruits than you can cope with. |
RE: courgettes
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| i've had a few courgettes go like this but its nothing to worry about. just keep watering and soon you'll have more than you can eat. |
RE: courgettes
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| Make sure you don't leave the faded blossoms on the end of the fruit after the fruit start developing properly - the blossoms rot easily and particularly towards the end of the season the rot easily spreads back into the fruit. |
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