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garden_fool zone 9 TX (
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Thu, May 15, 08 at 13:50
| When do I pick the spaghetti squash. I have never grown this type before. Thanks for the information |
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RE: spaghetti squash
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| It is a winter squash. It can be picked when the skin is hard ( not easily cut with a fingernail) |
RE: spaghetti squash
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| I have another question. On the seed pack it showes the spaghetti squash to be yellow but mine are light green and some are darker green. I cut one of the light green ones open and there was no spaghetti. |
RE: spaghetti squash
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| There are several; different cultivars of spaghetti squash. It is a winter squash. All I have experience with are a buff yellow or almost white when ripe. It is a winter squash. Typically boiled or baked whole, then cut open, and the flesh scraped out with a fork. In essence it is a very stringy winter squash. These strings resemble spaghetti and in fact make a very good substitute. |
RE: spaghetti squash
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| The "spaghetti" is more obvious when it's cooked. I cut it in half lengthwise, scoop out the seeds, then boil or steam until the flesh is tender but not too soft. I drain and scoop out the strings from the hard skin. Serve like spaghetti with a sauce or butter with parmesan cheese and herbs. |
RE: spaghetti squash
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| The green ones aren't ready. They start off pale green and then turn dark green and then turn yellow. Very similar to how a pumpkin starts off light green, then dark green, then orange. Wait till the squash turn the color you expect them to be before you harvest them. |
RE: spaghetti squash
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| I did not pick mine last year until September. The package suggested that they had to be "cured". I picked them when they were ripe, and allowed them to sit in the sun for 7 days or so as instructed to cure. I still have three left from last years harvest! I got about 30 from 4 vines. |
RE: spaghetti squash
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| my light spaghetti squash are turning dark green |
RE: spaghetti squash
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| I have two plants out of twelve that are producing speckled dark green fruit. The seeds are from a store bought spaghetti squash so I assume cross pollination with pumpkins. The rest are solid light green from flowering to full size. |
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