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Summer Squash

Scientific name	Cucurbita pepo
Common name	Summer Squash
Type	Vegetables
Variety	Annual
USDA Zone hardiness	11 - 11+
Exposure	Full sun
Height	2 to 3'
Spread	2 to 3'

Summer Squash are a warm-season vegetable grown throughout the US during the warm, frost-free Months. Considered to be a summer squash rather than fall or winter squash when it is selected for harvested before the rind hardens and the fruit matures. Summer squash have a bush type growth habit rather than spreading like winter and fall squash. A couple healthy plants is all the average garden needs. Plant any time as soon as threat of frost has passed, for two harvest plant a second crop in mid summer.