Pumpkins

maybe the female flowers havent been polinated, next time a female flower opens use a brush and polinate with the male flower. it works for me. good luck

Dear Newtogarden..
thanks for your response. This might sound stupid but being a novice, how do you tell a female from a male?

dont worry im a novice too, I only found this out by asking the same question on goy a little while ago. this is like telling my children about the birds and the bees (embarrassing) the male flowers have a single stamen in the center and the female flowers have a ring of smaller ones with a hole in the middle. you need to get the pollen from the male onto the felmale. (see what I mean)

Thanks - quite logical when you think about. will give it a go.