pattypan squash not setting fruit

[blurose]

I've got two pattypan squash plants sitting right between my crook-necked squash and my pickling cucs. The crook-necked squash and the cucs are very prolific, but the patty pan, although with lots of blooms, has not produced even a hint of any fruit. Is there an anomally of the patty pan that it might produce all male blossoms? I thought with two plants I'd make sure that I'd get both male and female blossoms.

 

[bills]

I started to wonder the same thing about my hot house cukes earlier this year. It looked like dozens of male blossoms, no female. I couldn't figure out why that happened. :/ Eventually the female flowers appeared. It looks like I may get a few cukes for my efforts after all. There are still male flowers outnumbering the female about 20 to 1. Wish I knew what cause's that to happen.

I also notice that the male flowers stay blossoming for much longer than the females. If I don't pollinate the females the same day they finally open, I end up with a tiny withered little 1" cuke, that turns brown and falls off.

 

[Grow 4 Food]

Bills can you post a few picts of that hot house and what you have going on inside it?

How can you tell the difference between male and female flowers?

 

[bills]

Bills can you post a few picts of that hot house and what you have going on inside it?

How can you tell the difference between male and female flowers?

I really don't want to hi-jack blurose's thread, so I will post a seperate thread with greenhouse photos, as well as pics of the different blossoms, etc.