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I've never had it before ever! So I do hope they get better. I remember the cucumber fiasco...every cucumber plant ( a white one) has bitter cues. Such a disappointment.
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Be careful bitter courgetts can cause a rather poorly tummy!
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Scarlet
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There's another one on there that's just about big enough to taste- the last one was so disgusting I really don't wan to try!!!
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Offer it to one of the boys!!
The Moneyless Chicken says:-
Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without.
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Well I've shot myself in the foot cos I got one of them to taste the last one! And they remember the bitter cucumbers  ( we did a few tricks on their friends too) so they are very wary when I ask them to taste something
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Well it grew another two courgettes and both were bitter so I pulled the plant. Never done that before.
Now, I've 2 plants from the first sowing left but these do not look like courgettes - both maybe 5ft long! They have sprouted 2 female flowers with a little gobdtopper sized blob on the end - this doesn't bode well. They were from a t&M pack! I don't particularly like courgettes but now I'm having such bad luck I really want some!!
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(04-07-2020, 11:01 PM)Scarlet Wrote: Well it grew another two courgettes and both were bitter so I pulled the plant. Never done that before.
Now, I've 2 plants from the first sowing left but these do not look like courgettes - both maybe 5ft long! They have sprouted 2 female flowers with a little gobdtopper sized blob on the end - this doesn't bode well. They were from a t&M pack! I don't particularly like courgettes but now I'm having such bad luck I really want some!!
Sounds like some funky cross pollination has gone on in the seed production process.
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Yes, I've rummaged around and I can't find the packet. I have been trying to clear out all my seeds so it probably went in the bin.
But it was definitely a T&M pack 
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You gave the plant a chance at producing a better courgette wonder how many other plants were effected in that batch of seeds.
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I'm toying with pulling these other two - honesty they don't look like courgette plants. They are huge. I've got more beetroot in modules, not ready to plant out yet so these "funky" courgettes get to live a few more weeks yet.
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