I need to speak firmly to my pumpkin plants

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I wrote about the giant palm tree that has separate male and female trees. Pumpkins have male and female flowers. I was researching why it might be that I have no baby pumpkins on my vines. Apparently, the male flowers appear first to attract the bees then, some time later, the female flowers appear. The females have a little swelling or ovary at the base of the flower. That’s how you tell the difference. So far, I’ve seen quite a few male flowers but no females. The plants have been in the ground for at least several months. I’m sure they should be fruiting by now. And here I was thinking pumpkins were easy to grow. Well, these have been easy to grow but I’d really like some pumpkins to eat. The pumpkins in the image are ones I grew in Donnybrook.