Direct-seed winter squash outdoors only after the last frost risk has passed, which in Maine runs from mid-May into early June depending on where in the…

Maine’s growing season runs roughly from the last frost in late April or early May to the first fall frost in mid-October, giving most of the state…

Louisiana gardeners get two shots at winter squash: a spring sowing once the region’s brief freeze risk clears in February, and a second sowing in late…

Louisiana’s long, humid summers point growers toward one group of winter squash above all others: Cucurbita moschata, the butternut and cushaw family.

In Kentucky, sow winter squash outdoors between mid-May and mid-June, once the soil has warmed well past the last spring frost (March 24 to April 4) and…

Winter squash success in Kentucky comes down to matching maturity length to a season that runs roughly 212 to 233 days, and matching watering habits to a…

Direct-seed winter squash in Kansas once the soil has warmed well past the last spring frost window, generally from late April into May depending on…

For Kansas gardens, the growing season is long enough to finish almost any winter squash on the calendar, so the real choice isn’t about time, it’s about…

Winter squash goes into the ground in Iowa once the soil has warmed past the danger of a hard freeze, which lands roughly between mid-May and the first…

Winter squash in Iowa comes down to matching maturity length to a season that looks generous on paper but shrinks fast once you use the county-level…