Averytds, I find that with many squash plants the male flowers outnumber the female quite a bit. You should have female flowers by now on your plants, although it may depend how old they are. The female blossoms
will dry up but you should see the small squash at the base of the dry flower, if they have been fertilized. The male blossoms are often on a stem, where the female is right close to the vine. I suppose this may depend on the variety grown, but usually that's the case.
If you aren't getting small squash/pumpkins appearing soon, you may have to hand pollinate. Take a very small soft bristled paint brush, (I use the kind for painting model cars) and gently swirl it in the center of a nicely opened male flower. Then go to a female flower's center and give it a twirl. Repeat this process, until all the female flowers have been given a dose of male pollen. Ifyour bee population is poor, you had better try this.
I will often prune the vine end after I see several fruits growing on a leader. This allows the plant to put more energy into growing the fruit, rather than the vine. As the season progress's if you don't prune the leader, you will still see fruits forming along it, but often they won't mature to a decent size, before mildew, or frost hits the plant. I find it better to grow for quality, rather than quantity. Most pumpkin, or squash will have several leaders, producing fruit, so you still end up with a good number of fruits per plant.
