Ray
The female flowers will have a small immature cucumber attached to backside of flower. If this flower is not pollinated just as in tomatoes, the blossom will drop off. The male flower has no such structure on back side of bloom. Look at 8 or 10 blooms and you will soon see the difference I describe. This is evident in Cucumbers, Squash, Watermelons, and Cantaloupe and maybe others I am not familiar with. Just learned this last year myself when growing Blacktail watermelons and had no bees to pollinate, so therefore I helped.
Check it out and you will see for yourself.
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