I've only got females on my pickling cukes right now as well. However, my other cuke (I have no less than ten of them in a staggered planting) there are some males coming, so I'm not worried about it quite yet. Marketmore cukes Pickle cukes EarthBox planting Upside down cukes It's also my understanding that any male curcubit blossom will pollinate any female. So if you dont have male cuke blossoms, but do have, say melons, squash, gourds, etc....., then that should suffice

Funny......I decided to try this on my butternut squash, 'cause when the female flowers finally opened, the fruit would be aborted. I just thought the male flowers were too far away from the females (I have them on a tall trellis and the male blossoms are on the bottom and the females on top). So I went out with a q-tip and tried to fertilize the female flower myself.......but I couldn't 'see' any pollen on the q tip. Having read about other people not seeing either, I'm thinking it's just too small to see. I think we're used to seeing that yellow pollen stuck to bee's, etc. Anyhow......it's a good suggestion to force them to have sex by cramming the male flower's whatchamacallit into the female blossom. (Sorry to be crude). :)

herbivore, Yes. It is normal for the plants to produce male flowers for a while before producing female flowers. Have a little faith in nature and that pollination will occur at the proper time. Here is a photo of two blossoms, the one on the left is male, the one on the right is female: Female blossom: Don't waste the male blossoms, eat them! Stuff the male blossoms with cheese like fontina, saute or fry them with a light batter and eat! You decide how you prefer them. Some people get up early to harvest before sunrise so they get squash blossoms before they open for a crisp cone shape. Others like them partially open for cheese stuffings: Here is a link that might be useful: Recipes for Stuffed Squash Blossoms

This summer had female flowers on my yellow squash but less than 1 a week. SVB became a problem and I had to cut open about 1 foot each vine. One of the vines survived the surgery. Now at the end of September temperatures have dropped to 50 degrees at night and 70 during the day. The plant is only getting about 2 hrs of sun a day, the leaves have powdery mildew and the vine has been cut up dealing with the SVB. Not good conditions for a squash plant. Almost all the flowers are now female and it is flowering heavily. I counted 12 yellow squash although they are growing slowing due to the lack of sun.Perhaps the stressful condition has encouraged female flowers.