Gardening Questions Rotting courgettes

Hi Carrie, I think this rotton weather is the problem, courgettes like well drained soil, warmth and sunny weather! My pumkins have done the same, I put them out early expecting a summer like last year, we have battled slugs and damp and they look decidedly sorry specimens. You could try some straw under them to lift them off the wet soil...we really need some sunshine!

Thanks for this, I thought that might be the answer! I agree, bring on the sunshine, please

I heard on one of the gardening programmes recently that the ends of courgettes can rot if they haven`t been pollinated- the chap sugessted you do the old trick of hand pollinating with a paintbrush.