Well, you might be able to help your grand daughter to learn a practical lesson about the trials and tribulations of life. :-(

From the pics, I don't see any fruit. You have a maple leaf as your profile image, are you in Canada?

The plants are VERY healthy, and for pumpkins this time of year, that's quite an achievement. However, there are no actual pumpkins in the photos. Unfortunately, pumpkins sometimes take more days to ripen than we have left in the growing season.

Instead of worrying too much about this season, look forward to next year!

The pic shows a lot of shade. I'm not sure if it was because of the time of day the photo was taken, but pumpkins prefer a sunny location with very little shade.

Some parts of Canada don't get warm enough to plant pumpkins directly in the ground from seed until late in the spring, and early frosts that kill the vines in the fall. Did you plant a known variety of seed, and do you know if you have enough warm weather days for that variety to mature?

So, next year - going by that pic - find a spot with at least 6 hours (more preferred) of direct sunlight... not dappled shade. Try to get a variety of pumpkin that is suitable for your climate, and that will mature in the time available between spring and fall. Give the plants a lot more space. A pumpkin vine can grow incredible distances and will even grow branches. They need space to either climb a trellis of some sort, or to sprawl and fill a large area. The great number of leaves collecting that direct sunlight is what will allow the plant to harbor fruit.

So, again, especially when children are helping, we don't give up, we learn from our experiences, make changes, and try again! :-)

And, although time is running short, there's still time left, don't count them out yet.

Thank you RGreen.

I do have a fair amount of sun at that spot. I just noticed this morning that I am now getting flowers. I have quite a few. Maybe about 9 but the way I am looking at them I think they are all males.

I have enclosed a few pictures

I do hope they continue to develop. I see a little leaf issue in a couple of those pics, but it may not get worse. Can you see the white markings some of the leafs? Is that a powdery substance?

I do not think it is a powdery substance but I will check tomorrow. Pouring rain out side today.

They look healthy, although young. I hope you have time for it to start putting out female flowers and setting fruit before the season ends. They grow very fast so you might make it.

Try giving them fertilizer low in Nitrogen and high in Phosphorus - that will encourage flowering.

Also, yes I would suggest removing every other plant, favoring the biggest ones of course. Even when they don't appear to be physically cramping each others' space, pumpkin plants always seem to get bigger and healthier when they have plenty of room in between. Just snip off the weakest plants right above ground and leave their roots in the ground so you don't disturb the others.