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Spaghetti Squash in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Cucurbita pepo 'Spaghetti'

 

Spaghetti Squash

Squashes are used as vegetables, but are, strictly speaking , fruit. They come in many forms - and there are Summer varieties as well as Winter varieties. Most squashes grow on vines, but a few in a shrubby form. They are all relatively easy to grow. 'Spaghetti' squash is so named because the flesh separates into spaghetti-like strands when cooked. The vine can grow very long, so if grown up a trellis, fence, or similar, the fruits will need to be supported (probably the best way is by "hanging" the fruit in a mesh bag which is securely attached to the fence/ trellis). The squashes are rugby ball shape and size, green and turning to golden yellow as it ripens.

 
plant Features
  • Spaghetti Squash likes full sun

    Full sun

  • Spaghetti Squash likes frequent watering

    Frequent watering

  • Spaghetti Squash is not frost hardy

    Not Frost hardy

  • Spaghetti Squash likes moist and fertile

    Moist and fertile

 
plant information

Common name

Spaghetti Squash

Latin name

Cucurbita pepo 'Spaghetti'

type

Vegetable

family

Cucurbitaceae

ph

5.5 - 6.8 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Spaghetti Squash likes full sun

    Full sun

  • Frost

    Spaghetti Squash is not frost hardy

    Not Frost hardy

  • Soil

    Spaghetti Squash likes moist and fertile

    Moist and fertile

  • Water

    Spaghetti Squash likes frequent watering

    Frequent watering

Plant & bloom calendar

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    Best time to plant
  •  
    When to harvest

full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Spaghetti Squash is 2.00meters x 0.20meters 2.00 M 0.20 M

Cucurbita pepo 'Spaghetti'

Squashes are used as vegetables, but are, strictly speaking , fruit. They come in many forms - and there are Summer varieties as well as Winter varieties. Most squashes grow on vines, but a few in a shrubby form. They are all relatively easy to grow. 'Spaghetti' squash is so named because the flesh separates into spaghetti-like strands when cooked. The vine can grow very long, so if grown up a trellis, fence, or similar, the fruits will need to be supported (probably the best way is by "hanging" the fruit in a mesh bag which is securely attached to the fence/ trellis). The squashes are rugby ball shape and size, green and turning to golden yellow as it ripens.


Propagating by seed

From Early Spring TO Late Spring

Prepare a bed or hill in a sunny site where the soil is fertile. Make planting pockets 3' apart by digging a hole a spade-depth, width and height, and filling with compost and well-rotted manure, then sow a seed on edge in each pocket. at a depth of about 1" after all danger of frost has passed.. Or sow the seeds singly in pots in the greenhouse, and plant out after they have their first true leaves

 

Planting

From Mid Spring TO Early Summer

After seeds grown indoors have their first true leaves, and after all danger of frost has passed, plant the seedlings out into a prepared bed or hill that has been well-manured, at a spacing of about 3' for bush types, and 5' for trailing types.

 
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