Grow guide
How to grow Winter Squash Lakota
Cucurbita maxima
- Type
- Winter squash
- Zones
- USDA zones 3–11
- Sun
- Full
- Time to harvest
- 85–100 days
- Spacing
- 36″ apart
- Density
- 1 per sq ft
- Habit
- Vining
- Frost tolerance
- Tender
- Sowing
- Direct sow
- Start indoors
- 0 weeks before last frost
Care
- Water Weekly
- Harvest As needed
- Mulch At transplant
Notes
Lakota Sioux heirloom; pear-shaped 4-8 lb fruit with orange skin streaked dark green; sweet nutty flesh; stores well.
More winter squash varieties
Grows well nearby
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