Interesting. I’m not sure, I guess. They just don’t have a baby fruit under them the way I think of female and didn’t consider otherwise.
Edit- Google AI claims Cucuzza has separate male and female.
yes no baby fruit but i looked at it and i think I see pistil and stamen… so i dont know !
Regrettably i took this photo not my wife so its anyone’s guess if both flower structures are in there. Its all a blur
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While there is sometimes confusion about which is which, the snake gourd as I know it is very different. The vine is much more delicate than the more beefy vines of the bottle gourds. The flowers are a lot more “frilly” and kind of wild looking. Here is Annie’s picture from 2024
There are definitely male and female flowers on the snake gourds I’ve grown.
edit to add: you posted just as I was and that definitely looks like some type of bottle gourd. I do find some of the Bangledeshi gardeners at my community garden call other longer gourds snake gourds as well.
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I am growing “speckled snake gourd” it appears less frilly. but idk
Maybe the first flower iv have is just deformed. Ive had that happen even on zucchini
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Y’all, we’re going to have way too many Seminole pumpkins this year. We already had more than we’ll likely eat doing well and now there’s another round of fruits developing. This is one vine. I planted another vine behind the shed as a backup that is taking off along the alley behind the neighbor’s fence that I was going to yank out but she said leave it. She wants some pumpkins too 
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i keep 3. they make a good shade for the tomatoes here where shade cloth is needed and i cut the leaves off, chop and drop. we eat the growing tips fried crisp with a little breading along with the flowers, all through summer. my trombos are all about 2 feet long right now, they come along slowly here but by August they do eat the garden. the stems are edible too, chop very VERY fine and saute in any old stir fry for extra roughage.
i took two of the 4 tiny crookneck just now in my basket and I’m going to fry them, I’ve waited all winter for the first of them. little baby ones are the best like this with the flower still on, just fried in butter in a pan with onion. I’ll let the other two grow to size but by then the other few will have squash on them too, they have female flowers already.
i got some scape and onion top sets to go in with them.
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My wife and I usually try to grow zucchini every year and end up getting wrecked by squash borers. This is the first year we are going to try and grow vertically. I’ll need to get a picture, the starts are looking really good so far. Male flowers popping up currently.
I’ve seen some folks try the foil trick on the stem, which seems to be easier when growing vertically. I also may try and spray with my organic preventative insecticide. I’m hoping this year is the year!
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The tromboncinos are insane. I can’t believe how prolific and how fast they grow. Already giving them away. I couldn’t pull the second one…but I am ruthlessly cutting shoots and leaves. Unfortunately, my first impressions are with you @zendog they are so mild tasting. It’s almost like you’re eating nothing. Roasting seems to bring out a hint of flavor. Picking all the ones 4-5’ and lower and leaving the top ones to grow to winter squash as an awe thing for the kids and visitors.
Cucuzza is starting to make female flowers.
Pilgrim bns seems to have started getting pollinated. Not what I would expect bns to look like, but I’ve never grown it. Tidy little plant.
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I just got them last year, I saved seed from any zucchini that could bring fruit to maturity, to help me make borer resistant zucchini. The species isn’t the issue, there are plenty of decorative pepo pumpkins that outgrow the borers. But most zucchini are bushes, so more vigor is needed.
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This tromboncino was well placed to let grow down the ground and it was already knocking me in the head. But, the end looks like it’s starting to go bad? This needs to be pulled?
Also, I think I was too harsh on this squash from my first few encounters. Tonight roasted some that were a bit bigger and there was finally a nice hint of flavor. They were really nice sliced with Avo oil, s/p and some purple basil/oregano.
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I’ve never grown those, but could it be blossom end rot, the scourge of my container zucchini?
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I’m not sure. I found it on one other. Didn’t seem to be worsening but the squash was 2’ and perfect for zoodling, so it became part of dinner.
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My Shishigatani starts got eaten. 
If I can remember to put some more seeds in this week I think I mighthave enough time for a harvest.
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Honeynut and speckled snake gourd have been putting up a lot of female flowers. How many do you let go?
My pattypan partial eclipse f1 put out its first flowers. My black futsu still is catching up since it took a bit to come up
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Great, was a low-ish confidence guess anyway but sounds like you solved the problem!
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In other news, doesn’t look like I’ve had any new cases of blossom end rot since I set my timer to go off twice a day with 5 min waterings instead of 2-3 a week
Really glad I posted this, because I couldn’t for the life of me remember if one of these was a pumpkin or a cantaloupe and don’t have the patience to wait and see. No female flowers on either, but the oldest of the pumpkin vines has to be pushing 6 feet and starting its secondary branches
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Bummer. I direct seeded all my squash this year and all have been fine except my Alexandria Lebanese (a kousa type summer squash) all got eaten after multiple plantings. So I started some new seed in pots and have them in a protected space until they have at least 2 true leaves. Hopefully the bigger plants will avoid getting noshed.
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I don’t think you need to thin. The plants will naturally abort some. Unless you’re growing giant pumpkin or something similar and trying to get the biggest squash you can, you just let them do their thing.
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right thats my thought, honeynut is such a small squash too i feel like thinning seems not necessary but ive never grown it
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