Ditto on Joseph's comments, regarding the fast maturity of C. pepo squashes. For a very fast-maturing winter squash, I highly recommend "Table King Acorn". I planted them here over the July 4th weekend, and they still had time to mature before frost. The squash are fairly small, but the plants produce 4-5 of them... and since it is a true bush variety, you can space the plants closely (mine were 3 feet apart each way). They will be the first winter squash to mature... but they don't store as well as the later varieties. Oh, and about the late planting... it completely bypassed the SVB egg-laying period. The borer is a serious pest in my area, and would have wiped out my acorns had they been planted earlier. None of the squash planted in July (zucchini as well) were infected.
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