![]() Bush-type varieties can be grown in containers. Plant squash in humus-rich, well-drained soil work in organic compost in the autumn before planting or spread compost in the growing bed during the growing season. If your growing season is short, choose a bush variety squash that will mature more quickly. Squash requires full sun, warm weather, and good air circulation to mature. The requirements for planting and growing summer and winter squashes are the same except for the time required to harvest. Get them growing before the official start of summer arrives. ![]() Winter squashes are harvested when fully ripe and require cooking. Winter squashes are drier and more fibrous than summer squashes. If you got an early start on your squash this year, you might already add sliced raw young squash to salads. Tender summer squash can be eaten raw or cooked. You can still sow winter squash seeds in late spring and get to harvest before the first frost in most regions. Winter squashes take a bit longer: 60 to 100 frost free days to mature. That means you can safely plant squash in the last week or two of spring. Most summer squashes require 50 to 65 frost free days to mature. That means squash can be sown in late spring just about everywhere, and if you live in a long-growing season region where the weather turned warm six weeks ago, you may be on to your second planting of squash, perhaps a second variety. Zucchini, summer squash, winter squash, and pumpkins grow best once the air temperature averages 65✯ (18✬). Native Americans called it isquoutersquash.
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