A SQUASH (ALSO CALLED PUMPKIN) THAT IS GREAT FOR LOADS OF RECIPES AND IT ALSO MAKES SPAGHETT! IT STARTS OUT A SQUASH AND ENDS UP AS SPAGHETTI! KIDS LOVE IT – LET THEM MAKE IT INTO SPAGHETTI AND THEY WILL EAT IT!!! PROLIFIC, CAN BE GROWN VERTICALLY TO SAVE SPACE.

Spaghetti Squash! Latin name Cucurbita pepo!

Looking more like a melon than a squash, this fruit can be boiled or roasted. Cut it open and with a fork run across the flesh it shreds into ready made pasta, without the extra carbs! Try it with feta and a sprinkling of herbs for a gourmet treat that is so easy to prepare.
Pick when yellow. Harvest in around 15 weeks, about 5 fruit per plant. The fruits ripen on the vine, they can be stored to last a fair while in the refrigerator or a cool pantry.

Grow Notes
Prefers full sun in fertile, well-draining soil.

Susceptible to mildew so water the roots not the leaves.

Sow
Sow direct or raise seedlings in Spring or early Summer. Plant seeds at a depth of 15mm with 100cm plant spacing and 120cm row spacing.

Keep soil moist, not wet.

Germination
7-10 days at 21-35°C

Maturity
90-115 days