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The cukes are there. They've just shriveled up because they weren't pollinated.

The white bumps are an exaggeration of the normal anatomy.

Not pollinated.

Dan

I was having the same problem and have resorted to hand pollenation. I've been taking male flowers, ones that are not attached to a cucumber, and rubbing the middle parts onto the middle parts of female flowers, ones that are at the end of a cucumber. This is the first time I've done this, and it was only a few days ago, so I'm not sure if it's worked yet. Supposedly it does, if you do it right.

I ensure plenty of flowers around to attract pollinators. Arugula gone to flower works well.

Dan

Ahhhh. So it's not as bad as I feared. I have 2 that were pollinated so far then. It's weird, I see a lot of bees over there all the time, my vegetable garden is right at the end of my largest flower garden right by the roses. I will try pollinating them myself then and see what happens! Thank you for your help..I feel a lot better about that! I have been very vigil watching for bugs, I check every plant in the garden every day and most days multiple times a day for little critters. I've seen ants in the garden, but they have not become a concern as of yet(I've heard they CAN be a problem but can also help). I have a TON more cucumbers on there that aren't shriveling yet, so maybe it's not too late for them! Thanks!

I don't know about that, Dan. I always have that problem. I was standing in the garden yesterday and the cilantro blooms were covered in pollinators of various types, but the zucchini were deserted. It could be that I always plant zucchini at the feet of pole beans, and those have no trouble getting visitors. It could be that squash blooms are often in shade. I think that there is also competition between plants, and cucurbitae tend to lose it. My hardy kiwis (with blooms mostly in shade) also suffer from lack of pollination.