Is this normal

 

Hi,

This year I planted pumpkin, watermelon, and cucumbers.

All the plants were in the ground at the end of may and the pumpkin and
cucumber seem to be thriving although we have no pumpkins or cucumbers
yet.  The watermelon is a little stunted but seems to be doing well now
and I see some flowers getting ready to bloom.

So here is is August 11th and so far no visible fruits.  Is this
normal?  I saw one female flower on the pumpkin and I tried to hand
polinate it and it seemed to take but then it just dried up and fell
off.  I saw a bee crawling in that flower as well.  It seems like all
the new buds I see are males.  Is it normal to have so many male
flowers and so few female?  It's been really hot lately - in the high
90's.

I usually get out and water everything in the morning with a hose so
they are all getting plenty of water.

I'd appreciate any feedback on the results I am seeing since this is
our first year trying to grow anything.

Thanks in advance,
Steve

 

You don't say where you live. Makes a big difference
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Northern New Jersey - close to New York City.

Thanks,
Steve

 

Steve, I live in Queens, NY which is considered NYC and it's only been in
the high nineties
for a few days. The average temp here has been high eighties, low ninties.

 

I had to plant cukes several times because the young plants were eaten
by worms or rodents.  Now several plants still haven't produced yet.
Some of my canalopes have finger nail size fruits.  Only one of my 4
watermelon plants have fruits.

I don't water the watermelons or canalopes because I never see their
leaves wilt. You might try water every other day and later twice a
week.  This is supposed to promote root growth.  Daily watering makes
the roots lazy since they don't have to search for water. Stronger root
system will also result in faster grow and larger leaves.