Squash::Home Gardening

AZ Master Gardener Manual : Squash (Arizona Cooperative Extension)

Arizona Cooperative Extension provides information about environmental preferences, cultural practices and common problems in planting squash, and harvesting and storage methods

Cucumbers, Melons and Squash (Virginia Cooperative Extension)

Virginia Cooperative Extension Service provides general information for cucumber, melon, and squash gardening. The information includes environmental preferences, culture, cultural practices, common problems, and harvesting and storage.

Frequently Asked Summer Squash Gardening Questions and Answers (University of Missouri Extension)

This University of Missouri Extension page lists frequently asked questions and answers regarding summer squash gardening

Growing Cucumbers, Melons, Squash, Pumpkins and Gourds (Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service)

This file provides detail gardening information for cucumbers, muskmelons, watermelons, pumpkins, summer squash, winter squash, and gourds. The information includes gardening site, fertilization, saving seed, planting, seeds, transplants, watering, weed control, insects and disease, crop rotation, and pollination.

Growing Cucumbers, Peppers, Squash and Tomatoes in Containers (Ohio State University Extension Fact Sheet)

This Fact Sheet shows how to grow cucumbers, peppers, squash, and tomatoes in containers. For this container gardening, this page provide information about type of container, starting the plants, soil mix, staking the plant, planting, growth, and suggested varieties.

Growing Cucurbits (Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences Cooperative Extension)

Penn State Extension Eervice provides information on growing cucurbits (cucumbers, melons, squash, and pumpkins) and varieties for the home gardener and bedding plant grower.

Growing Squash and Pumpkins in the Home Garden (Ohio State University Extension Fact Sheet)

This Fact Sheet provides pumpkin and squash gardening information about types of pumpkin and squash, planting requirements, fertilization, cultural practices, and harvest and handling.

Growing Summer Squash / Winter Squash (Farm and Garden.com)

This Farm & Garden page provides not only general information about summer/winter squash but also gardening information such as seeding, transplanting, and watering.

Pumpkins and Squash (UC Davis, Vegetable Research and Information Center)

Vegetable Research and Information Center provides information about 1) pumpkin and summer squash production in California, 2) home garden pumpkins and summer squash, 3) integrated pest management for pumpkins and summer squash,, and 4) postharvest.

Pumpkins and Winter Squash / Summer Squash (Clemson University Extension Service)

Home & Garden Information Center at Clemson University offers pumpkins and winter/summer squash gardening information including planting dates, fertilizing, watering, and so forth.

Summer and Winter Squash in the Garden (Utah State University Extension)

This file contains summer and winter squash gardening information including varieties, climate, growing transplants, to seed outdoors for a fall crop, soils, irrigation, insect control, harvesting, and even cooking/serving.

Summer Squash (Zucchini, Summer Crookneck, Early Straightneck, White Scallop, and Cocozelle) (University of Hawaii at Manoa Cooperative Extension Service)

This file describes varieties, preparing the soil, fertilizer application, planting, irrigation, insect pest management, and harvest information for summer squash gardening.

Summer Squash/ Winter Squash (Mississippi State University Extension Service)

Mississippi State University Extension Service provides general information about squash and suggests varieties for gardening.

Summer Squash/ Winter Squash Growing Guide (ExploreCornell)

This page provides information about plant characteristics, growing information, and varieties.

Squash (Gardener's Network)

The Gardener's Network provides information about varieties, days to maturity, sowing, insects and pets, and diseases in growing squash.

Squash (The University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, UF/IFAS)

UF/IFAS provides squash planting information for home gardeners as well as farmers in Florida.

Squash Q & A (Texas A&M University)

This Texas A&M University page lists frequently asked questions and answers regarding squash gardening.

Watch Your Garden Grow - Summer squash / Winter squash (University of Illinois Extension)

University of Illinois Extension provides summer/winter squash gardening information including varieties, when to plant, spacing & depth, care, harvesting, common problems, and growing Q&A.