Help with my last remaining pumpkin

[where2start]

OK so some of you might already know i lost 6 pumpkin seeds due to high winds and possibly cats and creepy crawlies.

My last remaining pumpkin is hanging in there like a real trouper. Its got a well developed female flower which opened earlier today and one male flower which hasn't yet opened.

The female flower has a good little pumpkin growing which is promising, but as we don't have bees here do i still need to pollinate the female with the male or does it sound like it doesn't need it?

[lynda66]

you still need to pollinate, if there are no bees to do it, just to make certain..... otherwise the fruit wont grow.

[SarzWix]

you don't need to wait for the male flower to open, just pick it off, peel back the petals and stick it into the female flower

[where2start]

Thank you

Will do that today...