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…

Summer squash goes in the ground once nighttime temperatures reliably clear the mid-50s and the soil itself has warmed, not simply once the calendar…

Summer squash goes into Idaho ground once the soil itself, not the calendar, reads warm enough to keep seed from rotting: usually mid-to-late May in the…

Summer squash doesn’t wait for a thaw in Hawaii, because there isn’t one to wait for.

Summer squash goes in the ground once soil temperatures hold above 60°F, which in most of Georgia lines up with early-to-mid April south of Atlanta and…

Summer squash needs soil in the mid-60s or warmer to germinate reliably, and in Jacksonville that point arrives once the last spring frost risk clears…

Summer squash goes into Delaware soil once the last spring frost risk has passed, typically between April 3 and April 14 at the Wilmington reference…

Connecticut gardeners can plant summer squash outdoors once the soil sits reliably above 60F, which lines up with the state’s frost-free window: roughly…

In most of Colorado’s populated corridor, summer squash goes into the ground once the calendar clears the last spring frost window and the soil itself…