vegetable spaghetti

[Pompeylottie]

I grew vegetable spaghetti for the first time this year, can anyone tell me how big they can grow and how I tell when they are ready please?

[Lovage]

There are several varieties of vegetable spaghetti - traditional one grew fruit almost the size of a rugby ball but there are others which are much smaller , almost individual portions.
They usually start off green and stripy and end up dark yellow when ripe - also sound hollow when tapped.
If you want to store them, treat like other squash and cut with a long stalk then leave out in the sun for a few days to cure the skin. In a cool place they can keep til Easter.

You are in for a treat by the way!

[maytreefrannie]

I never heard of vegetable spaghetti before - I've just learned from the above that it's a squash.

One for next year? I've never seen the seeds for sale - I'll be looking out for them, I'm just thinking I'd enjoy telling people "I'm growing spaghetti this year."

[CimaDirapa]

I have two Spaghetti plants with load of fruits, however after they get to a golf ball size they start to rot where the flower was.

I followed some advice here and 'opened' up the plant (took load of leaves off) and nothing, still finding rotted spags

[basketcase]

I have two Spaghetti plants with load of fruits, however after they get to a golf ball size they start to rot where the flower was.

I followed some advice here and 'opened' up the plant (took load of leaves off) and nothing, still finding rotted spags

Bad luck CDR. Any idea what caused it?

[CimaDirapa]

Bad luck CDR. Any idea what caused it?

Not sure, can be pollination but I do see loads of insects on the female flowers at list, maybe too wet? I am growing these with a weed suppressing membrane so they are ok on that respect, I red somewhere about a disease call 'flower stem rot' or something like that.

[gojiberry]

Have heard of them but never grown them. What bit do you eat and what is the best way to cook them.

Ian

[Rocketron]

They are disgusting IMVHO.

[realfood]

I am growing them for the first time this year and they are doing well, no rot and my variety starts off yellow and will go to orange when mature. Keep the young fruits off the ground with a slate or tile, to prevent rot. Also pinch off and remove the faded and wizened flower to prevent rot starting in wet weather.

[Pompeylottie]

Thanks for the info, mine aren't ready yet they are still green and stripey. Gojoberry - I think you bake in the oven for about an hour, then open the squash and it's filled with spaghetti-like flesh, thats what it said on the packet, and Rocketron - I hope you're wrong!!
I bought them from Kings seeds from our allotment shop.

[lottie dolly]

they are lovely,they taste something like a butternut/marrow,only the flesh when cooked behaves like spaghettie,it's nice cut up into bits,with the skin of,about like a courgette sliced up size,i used it this way in stire fries,is nice and soft.