How do you plant and take care of a spaghetti squash plant?
Question:If I just take the seeds out of a spaghetti squash and plant them in the ground, will they grow to a mature plant? Is there a special way to plant these seeds and are there any special tricks to taking care of these plants? Thanks
Answers:
You're better of drying the seeds out rather than planting them directly. When dried they can be planted and the moisture expands them to allow the plant to germinate.
Then look after them as you would any squash/marrow (cucurbits) until they are ready to harvest.
plant them at about 2" deep. Water regularly, daily until they germinate, and the every other day until they develope a good root system. You can't cut back the watering once they set fruit. Squash are easy to grow, however, the main problem is insects. Good luck
You can, but if the quash is a hybrid you probably won't get a true squash. Buy the seeds or plants.
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