Cucurbita pepo
This unique variety produces large fruits with spaghetti like flesh which makes a perfect substitute for pasta. Easy to grow with up to 7 fruits per vine with a weight of up to 1.8kg each. When raw, the flesh is solid and similar to other raw squash; when cooked, the flesh falls away from the fruit in ribbons or strands like spaghetti. The fruits can be stored for several weeks.
Delicious served with butter as a side dish.
How To Grow
Sow Spring and mid-Summer, all year round in tropical districts, direct into beds where they are to grow. Press 2 or 3 seeds 20mm (1”) deep into damp soil at 1m (40”) intervals. Thin to the two strongest seedlings. Seedlings emerge 6-10 days.
When To Plant
Spring and mid-Summer.
Harvest
8-10 weeks
When to Sow/Plant
Spring, Summer
Soil Type
Fertile, well cultivated