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proportions.However, the recent soggy, damp weather - which infuriatingly doesn't involve 'useful' rain, which actually penetrates to the plants' roots - has meant that all the later flowers on the courgettes and marrows have quickly rotted. The rot from

Poor early-summer weather, with a prolonged cold spell, and few insects results in poor pollination. This means courgettes fail to develop, and they quickly rot on the plant. However, this is only a temporary problem, and once the weather starts

, growing courgettes under plastic this year. Do you mean that you remove the flowers and leave the courgettes on the plant to grow more or when the flowers start to rot is it time to remove the courgettes from teh plant?Thanks Help - please advise what

I'd like some tips about how to grow potatoes in containers Hope to get a better summer this year then! I'm growing courgettes for the first time this year. I've put them in pots as I don't have a lot of room in the garden. I keep checking them over

I am growing courgettes (defender) in pots, and they are going soft and rotting at the flower end. This has happened in previous years, not just because this summer has been very wet. I remove the flower head, and any yellowing leaves. Any tips

I have tried for the past 5yrs to grow courgettes, they start really well grown from seed and I have one or two courgettes and the leaves start to go white and rot.I have grown them in pots, grow bags and last yr I grew them in a bed to give them

because it is raining and cold! Freezes well! I have also added in runner beans and leeks when available. Glut????? So why have mine grown and then rotted off in the worst summer for rain? I disguised yellow courgettes in "carrot" cake. make as for carrot

My courgette plants have been out for about a week. I wish I had hung on another week really, I didn't expect that weather over the past few days. The leaves are very pale green, they were dark green when they were in the cold frame. Could

is when the lettuce is attacked at the base and a slimy, yellowish orange-brown rot forms, which can the kill the entire plant.A quick-spreading grey mould appears on lettuce leaves, which renders them inedible. If the fungus strikes at the base

their own. When you are here in San Diego, California, cougettes can sometimes be too easy! LAST YEAR I GREW COURGETTES WHICH DEVELOPED MILDEW AND ROTTED WHEN ABOUT 3 INCHES LONG. I HAVE TRIED AGAIN THIS YEAR AND WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR ANY TIPS TO PREVENT