Winter Squash — Vegetables

Cucurbita maxima

Full sun, moderate watering — frost tender — shelter over winter.

Photograph of Winter Squash — iNaturalist / GBIF

Sow: Apr
Plant out: Jun
Harvest: Oct
In flower: Jul, Aug, Sep

Sun: Full sun
Water: Medium
Difficulty: Demanding
Hardiness: H2
Season: summer
Height: 10–50 cm
Spacing: 400 cm
Pets: Safe around pets

Grows well with

Sweet Corn — Winter squash is the third sister: grown between the sweetcorn it uses the ground the corn leaves empty, shading the soil and keeping weeds down.

Growing notes

Grows to 0.1-0.5 metres. Space about 250-400cm apart. In flower Jul-Sep.