Old McDonald
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- Location
- Harray, Orkney
Interesting, there are a lot of other buds (some are starting to develop) but this one is a lot earlier. If the two later plants are as productive as this one looks to be I'm going to be pretty sick of courgettes by the end of the summer, the plan is to harvest them as they reach 4-5", going to be an interesting experiment anyway.
Expect a lot more male flowers before you see any females. You will know the females as soon as you compare them. Eat them at any stage from with the fresh flowers onwards. We re not keen on the flowers, but 2 to 4 inch courgettes are an extra vegetable. More fill belly than gourmet in my opinion, but better than say an eggplant.