Winter squash need roughly seven months of frost-free growing time to go from seed to a fully cured, storable fruit, and New Jersey’s growing window…

New Hampshire gardeners get one shot at this crop most years: winter squash needs the full length of the growing season to mature and cure before the…

Winter squash is a marginal crop in Newfoundland and Labrador, not an easy one.

Plan on setting out winter squash after the last week of May, and expect to bring in the harvest by late September at the latest, before the average…

Winter squash goes in the ground in Nevada once the soil itself has warmed, not simply once the calendar says frost has passed.

Winter squash in Nebraska goes in the ground once soil temperatures climb into the mid-60s, typically in mid-to-late May, and the fruit needs to mature…

Winter squash grows successfully in Montana, but the calendar here punishes guesswork more than in most states.

Winter squash in Missouri goes into the ground once the last frost risk has passed and the soil itself has warmed, typically late April through mid-May…

Mississippi gardeners can plant winter squash once soil temperatures climb reliably past the mid-60s, typically after mid-to-late March in most of the…

In the Twin Cities, winter squash goes into the ground once the soil itself has warmed, which typically lands in mid-to-late May, well after the last…