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nope, hope not and if, in spite of all the rainfull , wessesx water decide to do a hosepipe ban then well, thinking of another post.......... goldfish or courgettes!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol. sorry couldnt resist! , i am a animal lover!!! b4 any of use go there!!! lol. xxxx

They do need lots and lots of water.
Will that be a problem?

grow bags!!! x

Can I get technical?

Will you be growing them in open soil or growbags?

of course, just watch out for my post when im moaning bout having a cold coz of the naked thing, and my bums full of nettle rash, and the birds in my garden have decided its a mad house so are going to nest elsewhere, but hey my courgettes look wonderful!!! yes i am!!!!! lol.

Still going ahead with the growing Snoozy?

like it frexy!!!!! lol.

Terry, think you strip the flowers of all their insides and really just use the yellow petal as a wrapping.So ahve not eaten the flower plus all its extras.

O.K. Petal. or pet lamb as we also say.

The sun is shining here and its a lovely spring afternoon. I feel inspired me and in the mood to go home and garden in preparation for the courgettes, but I already have plans tonight I am stripping wallpaper. I won’t even be able to see the 6pm good food live - poor old me.

lol. and i might have a very good signing voice!!! lol, in my dreams! and nude hey!!!!!!!!!!!!!! dont want to scare the birds now! lol ,ouch............ stinging netles, back to that sting in the tail, ooooooh!! aaaaah!!!! seems lik planting theses courgettes gonna be a painful experience , and all for the sake of the love of cooking!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

oer Sharne, can I just say................stinging nettles and thistles????

ouch! :D

I'm in a dash but couldn't resist this: you could try singing "you don't bring me flowers" or how about "where have all the flowers gone?".

snoozy, I hear gardening nude can be quite liberating - at one with mother nature and so on. Just beware of the late frosts hehehe

well , just read all that, and if i dont get it right then shoot me!!! so if i have to do the sex thing and its got to be early in the morning, do i have to dress up first to set the mood??? lol

lol, rustie, and terry u little devil. and frexy thanks will keep u posted on their progress!! x

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I have heard that a paintbrush is very good as well.

Hi Frexy, on the site that Georgie mentions it says that the flowers are honey sweet, do you go along with that?

Worry not dear snoozy, if I can grow them anyone can.
We had so many from 1 plant last year, apart from eating them I made the zuchini cake[thats their other name] from this site, excellent then the ones that grew to big ate them stuffed and also made them into Apricot and marrow chutney, very nice and pretty too.
If you had 2 plants you could pick the flowers pop them into a plastic bag and into the salad drawer in your fridge until you have enough for your recipe.

Had them in Crete stuffed like they do vine leaves[dolmadas] and they were yummy.

Hi Kimi, good morning to you also, well worth a read on the site.

morning terry!!! what r u like??? lol and first thing in the morning too!!! ive not seen the web site yet , will take a proper look this afternoon after work.xx

Georgie - really!!! (whaddya mean GETTING a reputation)

I got to the bit about swollen stems..skinny stalks an then wiggling it about a bit and had to go and have a cold shower.

It said in the article that harvesting the flowers halted development but I am sure I have seen courgettes of a reasonable size with the flower still on.

Kimi, one for when you wake... male and female flowers.....

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I will say no more, otherwise I will start getting a reputation.

now georgie as if!!!!! lol. well i never! ok, so what am i looking for, what is the diff between the 2 flowers? im gonna have to check this web out georgie, prob tomorrow, eyes cant stay open. im off now. u all be good now. sleep tight. love kimi.xx

Not much really, Kimi, quite easy to grow, F1 Hybrid will give you female plants, so bees do the rest. The courgettes will grow, but problem wise. you will have to remove the flowers when they are in thier prime, so more than one plant would be better, but I don't know how you can keep the flowers untill you have enough for what you need for a meal/dinner party. and the more you cut the courgettes then the more will grow, if you leave them to grow to marrows then the plant will slow down producing new growth.