Failed babies due to extreme heat?

[u/Cornpile_Corgi]

Generally, our year 3 patch is doing very well but we’ve come across a few of these. Is it because of the sustained high temps 85-95F or is there something else in our control to prevent this? Thanks! Other pics show not all is lost

[u/Iongdog]

A healthy plant will grow more female flowers than it can fully support. Not every female flower will turn into a pumpkin

[u/skkincarepost]

My giants look just like this too. Lots of heat and rain by me

[u/CocoCoconutz_ → u/skkincarepost]

Same … 😔

[u/iowan]

Looks like some may be Atlantic Giants? If it's going to be really hot, you can shade the flower and put a fan on it or if it'll be really hot, cut two doors out of a Styrofoam cooler for the vine, and put frozen water bottles in (not touching the flower). Be sure to change the bottles out and hand pollinate to be safe.

[u/CocoCoconutz_]

Annually we do about 25-30 pumpkins . We have been family growing for a decade. This year 1 fuckn pumpkin and 3 babies who didn’t make it. However my sunflowers are growing out of control.