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…

Winter squash goes into Illinois soil once soil temperatures hold above roughly 60°F, which typically follows the region’s last spring frost window in…

Winter squash goes into Idaho soil once the risk of a hard freeze has passed and the ground itself has warmed, which at the Boise valley reference…

There’s no frost-based planting calendar for lowland Hawaii, because there’s no frost.

Winter squash goes into Georgia ground once the soil itself has warmed, not simply once a calendar frost date has passed.