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Growing Squash & Cucumbers

Summer squash, winter squash, zucchini, and cucumbers.

62 varieties with complete growing guides

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Acorn Squash (Table Queen)Easy

Acorn Squash (Table Queen)

Cucurbita pepo var. turbinata

☀ Full sun (6+ hours)📅 85-100 days
Autumn Colors CushawModerate

Autumn Colors Cushaw

Cucurbita mixta

☀ Full sun (6+ hours)📅 105 days
Benning's Green Tint PattypanEasy

Benning's Green Tint Pattypan

Cucurbita pepo 'Benning's Green Tint Pattypan'

☀ Full sun (6+ hours)📅 50-60 days
Black Beauty ZucchiniEasy

Black Beauty Zucchini

Cucurbita pepo 'Black Beauty'

☀ Full sun (6+ hours)📅 90-100 days
Blue Hubbard SquashModerate

Blue Hubbard Squash

Cucurbita maxima

☀ Full sun (6+ hours)📅 100 days
Bottle or BirdhouseModerate

Bottle or Birdhouse

Lagenaria siceraria

☀ Full sun (6+ hours)📅 125 days
Burgess Buttercup SquashModerate

Burgess Buttercup Squash

Cucurbita maxima 'Burgess Buttercup'

☀ Full sun (6+ hours)📅 100-110 days
Buttercup MaximaModerate

Buttercup Maxima

Cucurbita maxima 'Buttercup'

☀ Full sun (6+ hours)📅 95-105 days
Buttercup SquashModerate

Buttercup Squash

Cucurbita maxima

☀ Full sun (6+ hours)📅 115 days
Buttercup Squash (Burgess Strain)Moderate

Buttercup Squash (Burgess Strain)

Cucurbita maxima 'Buttercup'

☀ Full sun (6+ hours)📅 100-120 days
Butternut SquashEasy to Moderate

Butternut Squash

Cucurbita moschata

☀ Full sun (6+ hours)📅 105 days
Butterscotch Winter SquashModerate

Butterscotch Winter Squash

Cucurbita maxima 'Butterscotch'

☀ Full sun (6+ hours)📅 100-110 days
Carmine SplendorModerate

Carmine Splendor

Abelmoschus esculentus

☀ Full sun (6+ hours)📅 51 days
Carnival Acorn SquashEasy to Moderate

Carnival Acorn Squash

Cucurbita pepo 'Carnival'

☀ Full sun (6+ hours)📅 100-110 days
CasperModerate

Casper

Cucurbita pepo 'Casper'

☀ Full sun (6+ hours)📅 95 days
Cocozelle Italian Heirloom ZucchiniEasy

Cocozelle Italian Heirloom Zucchini

Cucurbita pepo 'Cocozelle'

☀ Full sun (6+ hours)📅 55-65 days
Connecticut Field PumpkinModerate

Connecticut Field Pumpkin

Cucurbita pepo 'Connecticut Field'

☀ Full sun (6+ hours)📅 100-120 days
Costata Romanesco ZucchiniEasy

Costata Romanesco Zucchini

Cucurbita pepo

☀ Full sun (6+ hours)📅 52 days
Cushaw Green StripedModerate to challenging

Cushaw Green Striped

Cucurbita argyrosperma 'Green Striped Cushaw'

☀ Full sun (6+ hours)📅 110-120 days
Delicata SquashEasy to Moderate

Delicata Squash

Cucurbita pepo

☀ Full sun (6+ hours)📅 95 days
Dinosaur GourdModerate

Dinosaur Gourd

Lagenaria siceraria

☀ Full sun (6+ hours)📅 125 days
Fordhook Acorn SquashEasy to Moderate

Fordhook Acorn Squash

Cucurbita pepo 'Fordhook'

☀ Full sun (6+ hours)📅 85-100 days
Gem SquashEasy

Gem Squash

Cucurbita pepo var. gemmifera

☀ Full sun (6+ hours)📅 70-85 days
Golden Acorn SquashEasy to Moderate

Golden Acorn Squash

Cucurbita pepo 'Golden Acorn'

☀ Full sun (6+ hours)📅 85-100 days
Green Zucchini (Black Beauty type)Easy

Green Zucchini (Black Beauty type)

Cucurbita pepo 'Eight Ball'

☀ Full sun (6+ hours)📅 50-55 days
Honeynut SquashModerate

Honeynut Squash

Cucurbita moschata

☀ Full sun (6+ hours)📅 110 days
Hubbard Blue SquashModerate

Hubbard Blue Squash

Cucurbita maxima 'Blue Hubbard'

☀ Full sun (6+ hours)📅 100-120 days
Jack Be Little PumpkinEasy

Jack Be Little Pumpkin

Cucurbita pepo 'Jack Be Little'

☀ Full sun (6+ hours)📅 95-100 days
Jambalaya 2.0Moderate

Jambalaya 2.0

Abelmoschus esculentus

☀ Full sun (6+ hours)📅 50 days
Kabocha Winter SquashModerate

Kabocha Winter Squash

Cucurbita maxima 'Kabocha'

☀ Full sun (6+ hours)📅 95-105 days
Lakota Winter SquashModerate

Lakota Winter Squash

Cucurbita maxima 'Lakota'

☀ Full sun (6+ hours)📅 100-110 days
Luffa GourdModerate

Luffa Gourd

Luffa aegyptiaca

☀ Full sun (6+ hours)📅 125 days
Marina di Chioggia PumpkinModerate to Advanced

Marina di Chioggia Pumpkin

Cucurbita maxima

☀ Full sun (6+ hours)📅 100 days
Pattypan Squash (Sunburst)Easy

Pattypan Squash (Sunburst)

Cucurbita pepo var. clypeata 'Sunburst'

☀ Full sun (6+ hours)📅 50-60 days
PumpkinModerate

Pumpkin

Cucurbita pepo

☀ Full sun (6+ hours)📅 90-120 days
Red Kuri SquashModerate

Red Kuri Squash

Cucurbita maxima

☀ Full sun (6+ hours)📅 92 days
Romanesco ZucchiniEasy to moderate

Romanesco Zucchini

Cucurbita pepo

☀ Full sun (6+ hours)📅 95 days
Spaghetti SquashEasy to Moderate

Spaghetti Squash

Cucurbita pepo

☀ Full sun (6+ hours)📅 88 days
Straightneck Yellow Summer SquashEasy

Straightneck Yellow Summer Squash

Cucurbita pepo 'Early Yellow Summer Crookneck' (straightneck variety)

☀ Full sun (6+ hours)📅 50-55 days
Sugar Pie PumpkinEasy

Sugar Pie Pumpkin

Cucurbita pepo 'Sugar Pie'

☀ Full sun (6+ hours)📅 100-110 days
Sweet Dumpling Winter SquashEasy to moderate

Sweet Dumpling Winter Squash

Cucurbita pepo 'Sweet Dumpling'

☀ Full sun (6+ hours)📅 95-105 days
Table King Bush Acorn SquashModerate

Table King Bush Acorn Squash

Cucurbita pepo 'Table King Bush'

☀ Full sun (6+ hours)📅 85-95 days
TetsukabutoModerate

Tetsukabuto

Cucurbita maxima x C. moschata

☀ Full sun (6+ hours)📅 100 days
Tromboncino SquashModerate

Tromboncino Squash

Cucurbita moschata 'Tromboncino'

☀ Full sun (6+ hours)📅 60 days
Turban SquashModerate

Turban Squash

Cucurbita maxima

☀ Full sun (6+ hours)📅 115 days
Vegetable Marrow (Long Green Trailing)Moderate

Vegetable Marrow (Long Green Trailing)

Cucurbita pepo 'Long Green Trailing'

☀ Full sun (6+ hours)📅 60-80 days
Waltham Butternut SquashModerate

Waltham Butternut Squash

Cucurbita moschata

☀ Full sun (6+ hours)📅 105 days
Yellow Crookneck Squash Early SummerEasy

Yellow Crookneck Squash Early Summer

Cucurbita pepo 'Early Summer Crookneck'

☀ Full sun (6+ hours)📅 50-60 days
Yellow Crookneck Summer SquashEasy

Yellow Crookneck Summer Squash

Cucurbita pepo var. torticollia

☀ Full sun (6+ hours)📅 50-65 days
Yellow Pattypan Squash (Sunburst)Easy

Yellow Pattypan Squash (Sunburst)

Cucurbita pepo 'Sunburst'

☀ Full sun (6+ hours)📅 50-55 days
Yellow Scallop PattypanEasy

Yellow Scallop Pattypan

Cucurbita pepo 'Yellow Scallop'

☀ Full sun (6+ hours)📅 50-55 days
Yellow Straightneck ZucchiniEasy

Yellow Straightneck Zucchini

Cucurbita pepo 'Yellow Straightneck'

☀ Full sun (6+ hours)📅 48-55 days
Yellow Summer Squash (Early Prolific Straightneck)Easy

Yellow Summer Squash (Early Prolific Straightneck)

Cucurbita pepo 'Early Prolific Straightneck'

☀ Full sun (6+ hours)📅 50-55 days
ZucchiniEasy

Zucchini

Cucurbita pepo

☀ Full sun (6+ hours)📅 45-60 days
Zucchini AmbassadorEasy

Zucchini Ambassador

Cucurbita pepo 'Ambassador'

☀ Full sun (6+ hours)📅 48-55 days
Zucchini Costata RomanescoEasy

Zucchini Costata Romanesco

Cucurbita pepo 'Costata Romanesco'

☀ Full sun (6+ hours)📅 50-60 days
Zucchini Dark GreenEasy

Zucchini Dark Green

Cucurbita pepo 'Dark Green Zucchini'

☀ Full sun (6+ hours)📅 50-55 days
Zucchini Eight BallEasy

Zucchini Eight Ball

Cucurbita pepo 'Eight Ball'

☀ Full sun (6+ hours)📅 50-55 days
Zucchini Green MachineEasy

Zucchini Green Machine

Cucurbita pepo 'Green Machine'

☀ Full sun (6+ hours)📅 50-55 days
Zucchini GreyEasy

Zucchini Grey

Cucurbita pepo 'Grey'

☀ Full sun (6+ hours)📅 50-55 days
Zucchini PartenonEasy

Zucchini Partenon

Cucurbita pepo 'Partenon'

☀ Full sun (6+ hours)📅 48-52 days
Zucchini RampicanteModerate

Zucchini Rampicante

Cucurbita pepo 'Rampicante'

☀ Full sun (6+ hours)📅 60-65 days
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