Spaghetti Squash?

[milly2306]

hi everyone
just been given some spaghetti squash seeds but no instructions as to when to sow etc. does anyone know if i am too late this year or when they are supposed to be sown? person who gave them to me doesn't know either.
spent a great day yeasterday pottering in my greenhouse, everything seems to be coming on great and ate my first tomato!! Lovely!!
xxxmillyxxx

[milly2306]

spaghetti squash

hellooooooooooo
anyone there?
please help
xxxmillyxxx

[Shortie]

Hi milly

I've never grown spaghetti squash before but would imagine they would need to be planted indoors in April, and transplated around May (if frost-free by then) outdoors

Hopefully someone who's grown these before can better advise. I've only ever grown pumpkins and butternut squash

[King Carrot]

You're a bit late but probably not too late as they will form fruit over the summer and well into autumn- to speed them up a bit I'd stick a couple of seeds on some wet kitchen paper and put them in a plastic container with a lid or plastic bag - check them every day and when you get the little root shooting out of the seeds transfer them to pots and grow them on from there - if it doesn't work this year you can always start them earlier next year!

cheers,

KC

[Lavenderblue]

oh I fancy growing some spaggetti squash. I would put them in pots and then put them in the airing cupboard if you have them. I find squashes like a really good blast of heat to get them going. good luck with them.

[Alison]

You are rather late so you might not be able to get any crop this year although as you've been given the seeds then it would seem worth while giving it a go, you never know, we might get a very warm autumn to extend the season! At this time of year there is no need to bother with the airing cupboard, you'd be best putting a couple of seeds in a 3" pot on the window ledge. They should be through in less than a week. Get them a reasonable size before hardening off and putting out. Make sure that you keep the slugs off whilst they get established and cross your fingers!

[c00kiemonster]

I think you may be too late as well, but nothing ventured nothing gained lol

I grow spag squash every year and mine are just forming their 1st fruit as i type. Still need plenty of sunshine tho to ripen them off.

cm

[craftycat]

Hello, I'm new to the site.
Just saw the posts on spaghetti squash and butternut. Both of which I'm growing for the first time this year. I think I may have a small advantage as I live in France! Not much of one as I'm near Le Mans in Northern France so not tropical.
My spaghetti squash are absolutely enormous! About the size of a large rugby ball at the mo, not sure if I should pick them to stop them getting any bigger or leave them till they harden off on their own like pumpkins. Any ideas?
I grew the butternut from seeds I had dried off from one I bought in UK (can't find butternut in french supermarkets!) I have about 7 healthy plants with lots of flowers but no squashes forming yet.
Any advice would be appreciated!!

[c00kiemonster]

I leave my spag squash on the vine to mature into the autumn in the sun, if we get any and walk round and collect the fruits once the 1st frost has hit.

Ive not got any flowers on my butternut either, still time tho as my plants still seem quite small compared to the rest of the squash

cm

[YamaBlonde]

Buying Spaghetti Squash

Wow, I had no idea it could be grown over here in the UK! (I am a transplanetd American.)

Two questions please:

A. Where can I even BUY spaghetti squash? I am south of Leicester, near Hinckley, and every place I have gone and asked about this looks at me as if I am a nutcase. I actually gave up asking about 2 years ago -- But apparently it is not unknown over here after all! (I don't see Golden Nugget, or Acorn, or any number of other squashes I grew up with.)

B. Can I grow the squash from the seeds inside if I can actually find one?

Thanks so much!

Debb

[FoxHillGardener]

Have a look at these for some interesting squash Real Seeds : Pumpkin and Winter Squash Seed
Seeds of Italy - Courgettes, Pumpkins & Squashes

Thompson and Morgan do Spaghetti squash too, but I'd rather buy from Real Seeds or Seed of Italy myself

[realfood]

I have grown spaghetti squash for the first time this year in Glasgow, and I am surprised how easy they are. No more difficult than courgettes.

[tamsin]

My spaghetti squash (try ebay for seeds) have had about 3.5 months of growing and have rugby ball sized fruits on them. That would put it end of November and the cold weather would slow them down further. I guess it might be possible you were down south and covered them?