When to plant Winter squash in New Jersey

In fall, from June 1 – July 1 in Beachwood to July 1 – Aug 1 in West New York.

USDA's earliest safe spring and latest safe fall planting dates, matched to each place's average frost dates.

Winter squash planting dates by place in New Jersey
PlaceSpringFall
Asbury Park—June 10 – July 10
Atlantic City—July 1 – Aug 1
Bayonne—June 20 – July 20
Beachwood—June 1 – July 1
Bellmawr—June 20 – July 20
Bergenfield—June 10 – July 10
Bound Brook—June 1 – July 1
Bridgeton—June 10 – July 10
Burlington—June 10 – July 10
Camden—July 1 – Aug 1
Carteret—June 20 – July 20
Chatham—June 10 – July 10
Cliffside Park—July 1 – Aug 1
Clifton—June 10 – July 10
Collingswood—June 10 – July 10
Dover—June 1 – July 1
Dumont—June 10 – July 10
East Orange—June 20 – July 20
East Rutherford—June 10 – July 10
Eatontown—June 10 – July 10
Edgewater—July 1 – Aug 1
Elizabeth—June 20 – July 20
Elmwood Park—June 10 – July 10
Englewood—June 10 – July 10
Fair Lawn—June 10 – July 10
Fairview—July 1 – Aug 1
Florham Park—June 10 – July 10
Fort Lee—June 10 – July 10
Franklin Lakes—June 1 – July 1
Freehold—June 1 – July 1
Garfield—June 10 – July 10
Glassboro—June 10 – July 10
Glen Rock—June 10 – July 10
Gloucester City—July 1 – Aug 1
Guttenberg—July 1 – Aug 1
Hackensack—June 10 – July 10
Hackettstown—June 1 – July 1
Haddonfield—June 10 – July 10
Hammonton—June 10 – July 10
Harrison—June 20 – July 20
Hasbrouck Heights—June 10 – July 10
Hawthorne—June 10 – July 10
Highland Park—June 10 – July 10
Hillsdale—June 10 – July 10
Hoboken—July 1 – Aug 1
Hopatcong—June 1 – July 1
Jersey City—June 20 – July 20
Kearny—June 20 – July 20
Kinnelon—June 1 – July 1
Lincoln Park—June 10 – July 10
Linden—June 20 – July 20
Lindenwold—June 10 – July 10
Little Ferry—June 10 – July 10
Lodi—June 10 – July 10
Long Branch—June 10 – July 10
Madison—June 10 – July 10
Manville—June 1 – July 1
Maywood—June 10 – July 10
Metuchen—June 10 – July 10
Middlesex—June 10 – July 10
Millville—June 1 – July 1
Morristown—June 10 – July 10
New Brunswick—June 10 – July 10
New Milford—June 10 – July 10
New Providence—June 10 – July 10
Newark—June 20 – July 20
North Arlington—June 20 – July 20
North Plainfield—June 10 – July 10
Oakland—June 1 – July 1
Ocean City—July 1 – Aug 1
Palisades Park—June 10 – July 10
Paramus—June 10 – July 10
Passaic—June 10 – July 10
Paterson—June 10 – July 10
Perth Amboy—June 10 – July 10
Phillipsburg—June 1 – July 1
Pine Hill—June 10 – July 10
Plainfield—June 10 – July 10
Pleasantville—July 1 – Aug 1
Point Pleasant—June 1 – July 1
Pompton Lakes—June 1 – July 1
Princeton—June 1 – July 1
Rahway—June 10 – July 10
Ramsey—June 1 – July 1
Red Bank—June 10 – July 10
Ridgefield—June 10 – July 10
Ridgefield Park—June 10 – July 10
Ridgewood—June 10 – July 10
Ringwood—June 1 – July 1
River Edge—June 10 – July 10
Roselle—June 10 – July 10
Roselle Park—June 10 – July 10
Rutherford—June 10 – July 10
Sayreville—June 10 – July 10
Secaucus—June 10 – July 10
Somers Point—July 1 – Aug 1
Somerville—June 1 – July 1
South Amboy—June 10 – July 10
South Plainfield—June 10 – July 10
South River—June 10 – July 10
Summit—June 10 – July 10
Tenafly—June 10 – July 10
Tinton Falls—June 10 – July 10
Totowa—June 10 – July 10
Trenton—June 10 – July 10
Union City—July 1 – Aug 1
Vineland—June 1 – July 1
Waldwick—June 1 – July 1
Wallington—June 10 – July 10
Wanaque—June 1 – July 1
West New York—July 1 – Aug 1
Westfield—June 10 – July 10
Westwood—June 10 – July 10
Wood-Ridge—June 10 – July 10
Woodbury—June 20 – July 20
Woodland Park—June 10 – July 10

Planting dates: USDA Home and Garden Bulletin No. 9 (1967), tables 4 and 5. Frost dates: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020. “—” means the place's frost date is outside the table. The full USDA table for winter squash.