Need help with cucumber plants

Mine did that last year and was told they weren't getting pollinated. I learned the difference between male and female flowers and started pollinating with a q-tip. Some still fall off (<10%) but most survive. Picked over a dozen so far this year.

I would try pollinating and see if it makes a difference.

I get what but the cucumbers are already there which means it's not pollination problem.

Diva cucumbers are parthenocarpic and don't require a pollinator to yield fruit.

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I get what but the cucumbers are already there which means it's not pollination problem.

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Wrong! Here's a little education about the birds and bees:

The female flowers are at the tip of the little cucumbers that appear first. The male flowers form without the little cucumber. If the female flowers at the end of the small cucumber are not pollinated with the pollen from a male flower, they will shrivel and die.

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Nawlens Gator

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Will you come over and have a little talk with my son? He's about at that age for the "talk"

Those are juvenile leaf footed bugs not assassins. They suck sap so they are harmful.

Feather duster to the rescue!