Squash
📍 ColombiaClick a numbered marker on the plant to explore each life-cycle stage — or read the key dates on the right.
Roots & seed establish first. Sow in at .
Leaves & stem drive the vegetative stage over .
Flowering falls mid-cycle between sowing () and harvest (). Keep stress low here.
Fruit/grain matures — harvest around .
Where Squash grows in Colombia
Andina Region
It is located in the center of the country, bordering the Caribbean region to the north, Venezuela to the northeast, Orinoquía to the east, Amazonia to the southeast, Ecuador to the south, and the Pacific region to the west. It occupies 24% of the territory of Colombia, with altitudinal ranges from 5,410 meters above sea level to 100 meters above sea level and an average altitude of 2,000 meters above sea level. The departments that are in this Region are Antioquia, Bocayá, Caldas, Cundinamarca, Huila, Norte De Santander, Qundío, Risaralda, Santander and Tolima. Climate is temperate mountain (mainly), tropical and polar (in some areas). Source: Wikipedia.
Caribbean Zone
It is the northernmost continental and maritime natural region in the country. It is located in the northern part of Colombia. It limits to the north with the Caribbean Sea, to which it owes its name, to the East with Venezuela, to the south with the Andean region and to the West with the Pacific region. The departments that make up this Region are Atántico, Bolívar, César, Córdoba, La Guajira, Magdalena and Sucre. It has an average altitude of 300 meters above sea level, with a maximum of 5,775 aslm a a minimum of 0 aslm. It has tropical (savannah and monsoonal), dry (arid and semi-arid, only in Guajira and Cesar) and temperate mountain (only on the summits of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta) climates. Source: Wikipedia.
Pacific Region
It covers almost the entire department of Chocó, and the coastal areas of the departments of Valle del Cauca, Cauca and Nariño. It has a maximum, minimum and average altitude of 1,845 a.s.l.m., 0 a.s.l.m. and 340 a.s.l.m respectively; and a Tropical climate (equatorial and monsoonal). Source: Wikipedia.
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