Winter squash needs Michigan’s full growing window to mature, and that window runs from roughly late April or early May soil warm-up through the first…

Winter squash goes into Massachusetts soil once the ground itself has warmed, which usually lands somewhere in late May, well after the frost calendar…

Winter squash goes into Maryland ground once the danger of frost has passed and the soil itself has warmed, typically from early to mid-April depending…

Manitoba gardeners can plant winter squash outdoors once the soil has warmed past the average last spring frost of May 23, and expect the vines to finish…

Winter squash goes into Maine soil once the ground itself has warmed, not just when frost odds drop, and that usually lands in late May to early June…

Louisiana’s biggest challenge for winter squash isn’t frost, it’s heat. South Louisiana freezes so rarely that roughly one year in seven sees no freeze…

Winter squash in Kentucky goes into the ground once soil temperatures climb past the mid-60s, typically mid-to-late April, and the fruit needs to finish…

Winter squash in Kansas grows best when gardeners work backward from the state’s real limiting factor: not the calendar, but the combination of a…

Winter squash in Iowa goes into the ground once the soil itself has warmed, usually the last week of May, and it needs to finish ripening on the vine…

Winter squash in Indiana goes in the ground once soil temperatures climb into the mid-60s, typically mid-to-late May, and comes off the vine before the…