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Winter Squash
Cucurbita maxima
EdibleZones 3–10groundcover
At a glance
- Sunlight
- Full sun
- Water need
- High
- Mature height
- 0.5 m
- Maintenance
- Low
- Hardiness
- USDA 3–10
- Layers
- groundcover
Functional roles
food
Propagation
How to make more of this plant for free — the permaculture way.
seedeasy
When: Sow under cover April to May
In the kitchen garden
- Sow (months)
- 4, 5
- Harvest (months)
- Not yet checked
- Spacing
- Take it from the seed packet
- Family
- —
- Frost
- Tender — needs cover
Takes a lot of room all season, then stores for months — the best calorie-per-shelf crop in the garden.
Sprawls widely, then stores for months — plan the ground, not just the bed.
Where to get it
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Seed data pending expert review. Identification photo and description are sourced from Wikipedia/Wikimedia; always confirm a plant in person before eating any part of it.