Summer squash goes into Michigan gardens once the soil itself has warmed, which lags a week or two behind the last frost date.

Summer squash goes into Massachusetts gardens once the soil itself has warmed, not simply once the calendar clears the last frost date.

Summer squash in Maryland goes in the ground once the last spring frost risk has passed and soil temperatures stay reliably warm, typically from mid to…

Manitoba gardeners generally get summer squash into the ground around late May to early June, once the soil itself has warmed, not just the air.

Summer squash goes in the ground in Maine once the soil sits reliably above 60°F, which for most of the state means late May to early June, well after…

Summer squash goes into Louisiana soil once the ground has warmed past the low 60s, which in most of the state means anywhere from mid-February in the…

Summer squash goes into Kentucky ground once the soil itself has warmed, typically a couple of weeks after the last spring frost risk fades.

Soil temperature, not the calendar, decides when summer squash go in the ground in Kansas.

Summer squash goes into Iowa gardens once the soil itself has warmed, not just when frost risk has passed, and that usually lands in mid-to-late May…

Summer squash goes into Indiana ground once the last spring frost has passed and the soil itself has caught up with the air, usually somewhere between…