It really worries gardeners when their squash flowers drop off without making squash.

Walter Reeves
by Walter Reeves
But keep this in mind: squash (plus pumpkins, melons and gourds) produce male flowers before they start producing female flowers. After a week of dropped blooms, the female flowers appear alongside the males, pollination occurs and squash finally start growing! Check out the difference:
squash female flower
squash male flower
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