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winter squash / pumpkin
winter squash / pumpkin
Winter squash / Pumpkin
Timing everywhere hangs on one number: the local last spring frost. Enter your town for exact dates where you garden.
Days to maturity
85–120 d
Frost
tender
Soil temp
≥ 16 °C
How winter squash / pumpkin timing shifts by place
Southern-hemisphere places mirror the calendar — their season straddles the new year. Equatorial highlands have no frost at all, so the limiting factor becomes rainfall, not cold. See winter squash / pumpkin dates for your place →