Why am I not getting gourds but have blooms?
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Most gourds take a 100 days of warm temps. Male flowers always appear first, the females come a little later. Do you have at least two months before your winter begins. Gourds take 3-4 weeks to mature to an edible stage and longer if you want them to be older for making bowls and for ornamental use. Gourds are long plants, unless you have a significant container the roots need a lot of room.
I have upo gourds. I planted them around July. I was late getting the weeds killed and the ground covered. I had thirteen gourds but lost a few to rot. It has been raining a lot for summer and some of the ends of the young gourds rotted and my older gourds are spotted so I cannot save the seeds. My vine is in the ground and it is 50 ft long. It is nearing the end of their run although the tips are still green and they still have flowers. Normally I can get over 20 or more gourds from upo.
Perhaps, you have all male plants!
Maybe they are not being pollinated..........Lack of Bees
No pollinators.
the blooms fall off and then the tiny gourd starts to grow. It takes a few weeks.
If you planted them from seeds you saved from a store-bought gourd, they could be hybrids. Hybrids typically won't reproduce.
Pinch off some of the blooms and see if all it's energy will go to the few blooms left.
This works for pumpkins I know.