Short-season, cool-tolerant winter squash beat long-season, heat-hungry ones here.

Winter squash in New Brunswick goes into the ground after the average last spring frost of May 23, either as transplants started indoors in early May or…

Short-season, cool-tolerant winter squash types, acorn, buttercup, delicata, and smaller pie pumpkins, are the safe bet for New Brunswick.

Nevada doesn’t have one winter squash planting date, because Nevada doesn’t have one climate.

For most of Nevada, stick with fast-maturing bush types like acorn, delicata and sweet dumpling squash.

In Nebraska, winter squash goes into the ground after soil has warmed past the last spring frost window of April 12 to April 23, and it needs to size and…

For Nebraska gardens, the safest winter squash are those that mature in 80 to 100 days: acorn, spaghetti, delicata, and butternut.

In Montana, winter squash goes into the ground (or into pots for later transplanting) between late April and mid-May, timed to the last spring frost at…

Short-season winter squash wins in Montana: acorn, delicata, buttercup, and spaghetti squash mature fast enough to beat the state’s frost dates.

Winter squash goes into Missouri ground once the soil has warmed past frost risk, roughly mid-May in the north and a bit earlier farther south, with…