Scared for my courguettes

I'm sure its still going on somewhere.
Much like the DFS one is.

 

13 Courgette plants, but this morning there were 3 females open and no males!

But although I normally keep removing male flowers from my giant marrow plants until my planned dates for setting marrows, I'd spotted a shortage in male Courgette flowers and left some to use




P.S. If thinking of seed saving from courgettes, don't grow ornamental gourds anywhere near them, because it's cross pollination with those that can cause 'killer courgettes' Dangerous Courgettes!

 

It's time to be scared when your 13 Courgette plants each start producing 3 courgettes a day!

 

The trouble is that usually takes the best producing plants out of action as they then put all their efforts into growing huge seed filled cougettes rather than lots of small tender ones, making it important to grow in excess of requirements so some plants can be turned over to seed production.

I'm growing about 6 varieties and it's now time for monitoring production of each one so I can narrow it down a bit next year.

 

Bees fly between 1 and 5 miles pollinating flowers.

 

I've had a problem with caterpillars on my cauliflowers, but now it appears somethings eating my courgette flowers, any idea what it is and how to stop it?

 

Probably slugs or snails, it isn't a problem as long as they are still getting pollenated.