I do have a pickling cucumber plant also that has only male flowers on it so far (it's still young) but it just didn't make sense to me that the first plant wouldn't produce any male flowers. I never heard of this happening and couldn't find anything on the web either. This plant with female flowers only is younger than the cucumber plant with just male flowers.

Lychee: Unless you are growing quite a small melon, vines alone will not support the weight of the fruits. Cucumbers will work on a fence without support, but melon growers who grow larger melons on fences normally support them with panty hose or some similar arrangement that provides a hammock for the melons. I can't help but wonder about your squirrels. Did you do the bonbon thing? Don Yellman, Great Falls, VA

Look here and slip on down to "Supporting the Melons": http://thedemogarden.org/tag/vertical-garden/

FoolishP - sorry you has such a bad experience with your seedlings. This is my 3rd year trying, the first two were not so good. This year with a better light set up I am amazed at the results.Two dozen, foot high heirloom tomato plants, 12 peppers that are flowering, 40 cucumbers that are bigger and healthier than any I have seen at the nursery, 8 healthy eggplant, Snap Peas, Broccoli, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Brussel Sprouts, Lettuce and Arugula (that have all be in the ground for 3 weeks) 40 petunia plants that are starting to bloom. And at least a dozen other kinds of vegetables and flowers. I had a few things that didn't germinate well, but all of these plants would definitely cost more than I paid for the lights and seed - and I have loved taking care of them and watching them grow.