Beginner Gardening: Squash blooms, 2 by sarataylor5

sarataylor5 wrote:
hi there,
I thought that too....heres what i found out!

There are male flowers and female flowers. THe male flowers bloom and only stay open for a day or so and fall off. The female flowers (have a small squash/zuchini behind it) bloom later than the male flowers. So as long as its the male flowers that are falling off...thats normal. =) I am still waiting for my female flowers to start blooming and Ive had several male flowers bloom and fall off already. Hope this helps!

I am now worried that my plants are lacking something because the leaves are funky looking. I attached a pic. If anyone can tell me if this is normal or if I need to tend to it that would be great!