Weirdtrev wrote: "Most of your female flowers will not form fruit. Some will open and fail to get pollinated, others will shrivel turn yellow and never open. But a few will make it. Also you should leave your pumpkins alone after you pollinate them. The way image B looks is completely normal. The flower hangs on for a little while but eventually rots away. Do NOT attempt to take the flower off because you think it looks bad just let the pumpkin do what it wants. Just give it some time and all will be fine." When I hand pollinate for seed I usually do a good many fruit because one never knows when a fruit will abort, even, sometimes, after it begins to grow a bit. Surely this is along the order of those sayings like, "A watched pot is slow to boil...." Seems the more we want those squash to mature, the more it SEEMS that they don't. Yet, if we're not paying much attention, then they produce and mature very well! The difference is mainly in our perception. George

Normal silvering of the leaves.

good evening!!! i am not an expert, but i love to raise pumpkins, the uglier the better! i do not need to fertilize, my soil here seems to be very nitrogen rich. as said above, you will have MANY male flowers, and a few females. do you have more than one plant? i try to have at the very least two of each kind three is best for cross pollination...earwigs, ants, natts, flies wasps also pollinate. as said above you can hand pollinate, be sure that the dew has dried, be sure the sun has dried the pollen. snip the male flower or use a q-tip then you know you have lots of yellow pollen. i do not clip vines until i see that the female is growing, then i clip about 6 inches from the growth, if i have more that one vine that is. i measure my pumpkins, and good growth is 1/4 inch a day. when they start to orange up, they stop growth. good luck!!!! pictire is one of my female peanut pumpkins....

That's good news :) My other plants haven't done that, the blossoms shrivel up as day go on but don't turn white.