Rick Greatly appreciated, like you I'm a huge fan of spaghetti squash. Having spent the last 20yrs in the US, now after 42 yrs away I've just returned to the UK, where spaghetti squash is as good as unknown, but I mananaged to find seeds . Germinating 10 plants. I chose mainly because of space to grow them on a trellis. Subsequently I have 9 squash of various sizes 3 are presently ripening off the vine as the shrivelled up the other 6 which are smaller are still on the vine s which haven't dried out YET...lol I read elsewhere that when storing they should be uprighted. Thx for your great info. Cheers Glenn
LOVE spaghetti squash! I harvest mine exactly the same way. I've got an old fridge in my shop as my "root cellar". At the highest temp setting it's 48-50 degrees, so it works great for squash, cabbage, etc. Side note for long term storage, it's a good idea to do a weekly inspection...move things around & check for any soft spots or signs of rot. It's surprising how fast rot or mold can sneak up & bite you in the butt.
thank you for this! Someone gave me a whole bunch of them last fall but I couldn't eat all of them before a few started going bad before I could eat them, so I threw them out in an area where I wanted to extend my garden... I figured that they would decompose and turn into compost, but they started to grow there this past spring, so now I have millions of them, but I have never tried to grow them before . They are getting so big!! I was tempted to eat one but clearly they are not ready. There's a bunch of other squash that were given to me growing too... it's really fun growing them and I can't wait to eat them. The storage tips are great because I sure have lots of them!
Great video!! Thank you so much for this information. We’re in our 2nd year of gardening and composting. We added the first compost to our gardening boxes and lo and behold we had a couple little volunteer spaghetti squash plants growing in the early spring. We left them alone thinking they were cucumbers from the the last year. Imagine our surprise when they turned out to be Spaghetti squash when we had never planted that, lol!! The seeds from my store-bought spaghetti squash from the compost bin grew!! It’s only mid June and we already have one spaghetti squash that is nearly the size of those at the store! After watching your video we now know when to harvest. Thanks again!!❤
Thanks for the info! This is my first year growing them and I had no idea when to pick them because I had gotten the seeds out of a store bought squash last year so I had no harvesting information haha. So far mine are still a white-ish color so apparently I have some time to go ;)
@@StoneyAcresGardening I just make a traditional miso soup with firm tofu added along with the squash cubed and also I have a load of Swiss chard and I generally add some of that or spinach to make it even healthier. I do use both miso paste and dashi granules. Also wonderful if you are eating a low-carb or vegetarian diet.
Slowing down on watering or watering at all at this stage? Also do they have to be yellow? Mine just keep getting bigger but not changing colour. Not sure if they will make it. In Southern BC Thanks
Excellent information! None of the other channels discussed how to cut the stem or curing and storing. Thank you so much! Just subbed to your channel...
I'm growing these this year on my tower gardens lol which has produced huge fruit but I don't know we will get enough sun in GA for Oct. to ripen them .... I might have to cut and leave inside in the sun and see if I can ripen them further.
Ours a still a light yellow/ green. I’m nervous because we’re dipping into the 40’s next week in the evenings. The leaves are completely covered in mold. We had a really wildly muggy summer we could not keep up with the mold outbreak. I’m hoping they start to turn yellow soon!! Very informative video. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
It's always better to let them ripen on the vine if at all possible. The only time I ripen them off the vine is when they aren't ripe and we have frost coming.
I would bring it in and put in in a sunny window and see if it will ripen. It really depends on how far along in the process it made it before it broke off.
UGH! I watched this too late: I harvested some green striped spaghetti squash, thinking they were going to seed! Can I put them outside in the sun? Will they continue to ripen please? Thanks, really loved this video.
No, we had a commercial development move into the old horse pasture behind us. The city made them put it up for privacy. It's actually not brick, it's a concrete sound wall, but they did a nice job of painting it.
Thank you for the information on spaghetti squash! I’ve got them growing out of my compost pile. They should be good to eat, right? Also, couldn’t help noticing the stone wall behind you. Beautiful! I’m sure the cost was a small fortune!
Thanks, we do like the wall. Fortunately we didn't have to pay for it. A commercial business moved into the horse pasture behind our place. The city made them put up that wall as a privacy and sound barrier.
Hi! Thanks for posting. I recently had my first squash break off the vine. It’s a light creamy yellow right now. Is it still good? I brought it inside my house but not sure if I can still eat it?
Great video. I noticed that some of your vines have died off or are starting to die off. Maybe a vine bore got to them. Will the squash that was attached to those vines be able to continue to ripen if they are like your green one? What if they are yellow but not that bright yellow with the hard skin? The reason I ask is because I have two pumpkins that are more orange than green but on one the vine died and on the other, I accidently cut the vine before the pumpkin was completely ripe. I look forward to reading your reply
As the season moves along vines start to die off. We don't have vine bore in our area. But I have seen a few squash bugs. But it's so late in the year for us that I'm not going to worry much. We might have frost this week so we could loose them all this week. If you bring those unripe fruit in side and keep them in a sunny window they should ripen up just fine.
My first time planting spaghetti squash and it looks like that’s all I’m going to get this summer. It is the beginning of July and mine are starting to look close to ready so can I just leave them all summer. Probably won’t get a frost till October or November since I’m in Alabama. Thinking of getting a mini fridge to store them all winter.
Can you date them to know which to use first or is that totally unimportant! This is my first time erev growing them, so lot's questions. The seeds were a precious gift. Your videos are so helpful.
Glad it helped. Sure you could put a little sticker on them with a date if you like. But as long as you get them eaten up in 3 or 4 months it really won't matter.
This late in the season I wouldn't worry about it. You plants will die from the frost soon any way. If you are looking for an organic solution you can treat with a mix of milk and water, but this is a prevention not a cure, so you need to do it every couple of weeks BEFORE you have powdery mildew.
This is the first time I have grown these and I harvested four too early. They are ivory white. They've been like that for a month. Only one had a slight color change. How can I ripped them?
Happy Saturday! Today's video is all about harvesting and storing Spaghetti Squash! I'm excited that this year's harvest is starting to ripen, tonights dinner will include the squash I harvested in the video!! Yum!
I have 7 spaghetti squash plants grow up wild in my yard this spring, all have at least one squash on them, some two or three, it is 30 Sep 22. I need other ways of telling when they are ripe to pick.
@@StoneyAcresGardening Im dabbling for the first time this summer. I have one on the vine right now. Still pretty white. Wondering when it's good for picking.
"Seed packet"? My seed packet was the spaghetti squash we bought from the local produce stand! 😂 After many failed attempts to germinate seeds, we cut one open that had seeds that were already sprouting! Those have now become the five or so vines that are completely overtaking half my garden. 😁 Don't forget to harvest those male flowers every morning and fry them up while you wait for the gourds to mature. 😋 Surf Wisely.
Next time you can test any seeds by putting them in bowl of water good seeds will drown at bottom infertile will float.. This work with almost every type of seeds
We cut ours in half, remove all the seeds (save the seeds for next year to grow more) fill the squash up with mozzarella cheese then cover the cheese with lots of spinach leaves & wrap the whole thing up. We grill ours on the grill outside with chicken or steak for 45 minutes. Yummy 😋 we love them this way. Hope everyone will give this try. You won't regret it!
I SHOULD HAVE WATCHED YOUR VIDEO FIRST‼️😤🤦♀️…..I prematurely picked mine ! Now I’m sick about it !! However , I only picked one which is a good thing!!😅
I grow butternut and spaghetti squash but lately my squash is getting killed by white mildew on leaves. It gets very humid here in Ohio, probably that's why I have that problem.
Milk and water mixture can help with that. I've been spraying mine but it can really get out of hand quickly. Snip off some of the powder leaves and spray the rest when it's sunny out.
I SHOULD HAVE WATCHED YOUR VIDEO FIRST‼️😤🤦♀️…..I prematurely picked mine ! Now I’m sick about it !! However , I only picked one which is a good thing!!😅
@@StoneyAcresGardening I’m in Alabama )….about 30 miles north of bham… I wish I could share a pic here….its about the size of a cantaloupe…..very pale yellow…all I can say is ….lesson learned !! I’m a newbi at the age of 58 with gardening ….definitely trial and error…lots of errors 🤦♀️🤪 Thanks for the tip…hopefully that “might” work 🙏🏻
As an Aussie in Canada , I really appreciate this video. We have about 20 + on the vine, and winter's coming. Thanks for the tips.
Glad I could help!
First timer! enjoyed your class, will be looking forward to more
Rick
Greatly appreciated, like you I'm a huge fan of spaghetti squash. Having spent the last 20yrs in the US, now after 42 yrs away I've just returned to the UK, where spaghetti squash is as good as unknown, but I mananaged to find seeds . Germinating 10 plants.
I chose mainly because of space to grow them on a trellis.
Subsequently I have 9 squash of various sizes 3 are presently ripening off the vine as the shrivelled up the other 6 which are smaller are still on the vine s which haven't dried out YET...lol
I read elsewhere that when storing they should be uprighted.
Thx for your great info.
Cheers
Glenn
Funny & interesting how different veggies are more popular in different parts of the world.
LOVE spaghetti squash! I harvest mine exactly the same way. I've got an old fridge in my shop as my "root cellar". At the highest temp setting it's 48-50 degrees, so it works great for squash, cabbage, etc.
Side note for long term storage, it's a good idea to do a weekly inspection...move things around & check for any soft spots or signs of rot. It's surprising how fast rot or mold can sneak up & bite you in the butt.
Thanks for the pointers!!
Humidity control is very very important to storage I'd imagine
thank you for this! Someone gave me a whole bunch of them last fall but I couldn't eat all of them before a few started going bad before I could eat them, so I threw them out in an area where I wanted to extend my garden... I figured that they would decompose and turn into compost, but they started to grow there this past spring, so now I have millions of them, but I have never tried to grow them before . They are getting so big!! I was tempted to eat one but clearly they are not ready. There's a bunch of other squash that were given to me growing too... it's really fun growing them and I can't wait to eat them. The storage tips are great because I sure have lots of them!
You are welcome! Enjoy your squash!
Great video!! Thank you so much for this information. We’re in our 2nd year of gardening and composting. We added the first compost to our gardening boxes and lo and behold we had a couple little volunteer spaghetti squash plants growing in the early spring. We left them alone thinking they were cucumbers from the the last year. Imagine our surprise when they turned out to be Spaghetti squash when we had never planted that, lol!! The seeds from my store-bought spaghetti squash from the compost bin grew!! It’s only mid June and we already have one spaghetti squash that is nearly the size of those at the store! After watching your video we now know when to harvest. Thanks again!!❤
Thank you for the great info! None of my plants have matured in the date to harvest time line this year. We had crazy weather!
Same here!
Thanks for the info! This is my first year growing them and I had no idea when to pick them because I had gotten the seeds out of a store bought squash last year so I had no harvesting information haha. So far mine are still a white-ish color so apparently I have some time to go ;)
Glad I could help!
I grow mine on arched cattle panels here in Oklahoma in the summer! They grow the biggest when they dangle!
We are trying a cattle pannel this year for the first time with Spaghetti Squash
@@StoneyAcresGardening it works so well! ❤️
I have one stuck in the middle of a square on one of those! Not sure how I’m going to harvest it!
@@marenwilliams2787 maybe try hitting it with something 😆
Thank you so much for educating me. I have a lot and wasn't sure when to harvest or store. Thank you
You are so welcome
First yr for me got 7 growing one is pumpkin size! I will follow yr instructions thank you so much!
They are delicious to eat green as well. I use them cubed in miso soup with tofu. YUMMY!!!
I've never tried them green, I will have to give that a go this year. Care to share the recipe for the soup?
@@StoneyAcresGardening I just make a traditional miso soup with firm tofu added along with the squash cubed and also I have a load of Swiss chard and I generally add some of that or spinach to make it even healthier. I do use both miso paste and dashi granules. Also wonderful if you are eating a low-carb or vegetarian diet.
Thanks! I especially appreciate the information on storing them!
Glad it was helpful!
Slowing down on watering or watering at all at this stage? Also do they have to be yellow? Mine just keep getting bigger but not changing colour. Not sure if they will make it. In Southern BC Thanks
Excellent information! None of the other channels discussed how to cut the stem or curing and storing. Thank you so much!
Just subbed to your channel...
Glad it was helpful!
I appreciate the information. Fairly new to gardening and have spaghetti squash this year!
Good luck!
I'm growing these this year on my tower gardens lol which has produced huge fruit but I don't know we will get enough sun in GA for Oct. to ripen them .... I might have to cut and leave inside in the sun and see if I can ripen them further.
Thanks! Good timing. I was going to be searching for this information.
Glad I could help
Ours a still a light yellow/ green. I’m nervous because we’re dipping into the 40’s next week in the evenings. The leaves are completely covered in mold. We had a really wildly muggy summer we could not keep up with the mold outbreak. I’m hoping they start to turn yellow soon!! Very informative video. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
I hope you are able to get a good harvest! Thanks for watching!
Here it is the end of July & mine are going bonkers! So should I let them sit out there for another two months?!
Which is better? To cure or leave them on the vine? Because I can’t cure them at those high heats if I leave them. Thanks!!
It's always better to let them ripen on the vine if at all possible. The only time I ripen them off the vine is when they aren't ripe and we have frost coming.
Thank You for your knowledge.
My pleasure!
If you are going to eat a harvested one within a few days, do you still have to let then cure for 10-14 days? Thanks for all the information.
Nope, you can eat them straight out of the garden if you would like. The curing is just if you plan to store them log term.
Thank you that was very helpful. I am going spaghetti squash right now
Glad it helped!!
One of my small spaghetti squash broke off the vine. Can I leave it out to cure or will it rot? Great video.
I would bring it in and put in in a sunny window and see if it will ripen. It really depends on how far along in the process it made it before it broke off.
Great Video & Information. TY
Thanks for watching!
Freeze? It's Memorial day and Mine look ready now here in Northern Florida. Appreciate the info.
See for us we haven't even planted yet. We had a chance of frost and ended as low as 38.
UGH! I watched this too late: I harvested some green striped spaghetti squash, thinking they were going to seed! Can I put them outside in the sun? Will they continue to ripen please? Thanks, really loved this video.
Great video. Thank you!
Good information! Thank you for sharing!
You're welcome
So what do you do about the ones that haven't gotten to the yellow stage yet? Can you still eat those?
You can put them in a sunny window and they should ripen. But the longer you can keep them in the vine the better.
Great tutorial 👌🏾
Good job! :)
Thanks! 😄
So helpful! Is there a video about your brick fence as well? Did you make that yourself?
No, we had a commercial development move into the old horse pasture behind us. The city made them put it up for privacy. It's actually not brick, it's a concrete sound wall, but they did a nice job of painting it.
Thank you for the information on spaghetti squash! I’ve got them growing out of my compost pile. They should be good to eat, right? Also, couldn’t help noticing the stone wall behind you. Beautiful! I’m sure the cost was a small fortune!
Thanks, we do like the wall. Fortunately we didn't have to pay for it. A commercial business moved into the horse pasture behind our place. The city made them put up that wall as a privacy and sound barrier.
Hi! Thanks for posting. I recently had my first squash break off the vine. It’s a light creamy yellow right now. Is it still good? I brought it inside my house but not sure if I can still eat it?
Put it in a sunny window and it should ripen up in a few weeks.
@@StoneyAcresGardening thank you!!!
Great video. I noticed that some of your vines have died off or are starting to die off. Maybe a vine bore got to them. Will the squash that was attached to those vines be able to continue to ripen if they are like your green one? What if they are yellow but not that bright yellow with the hard skin?
The reason I ask is because I have two pumpkins that are more orange than green but on one the vine died and on the other, I accidently cut the vine before the pumpkin was completely ripe.
I look forward to reading your reply
As the season moves along vines start to die off. We don't have vine bore in our area. But I have seen a few squash bugs. But it's so late in the year for us that I'm not going to worry much. We might have frost this week so we could loose them all this week. If you bring those unripe fruit in side and keep them in a sunny window they should ripen up just fine.
Thank you!
Great video 😊
Thanks! 😊
My first time planting spaghetti squash and it looks like that’s all I’m going to get this summer. It is the beginning of July and mine are starting to look close to ready so can I just leave them all summer. Probably won’t get a frost till October or November since I’m in Alabama. Thinking of getting a mini fridge to store them all winter.
They will over ripen if you leave them all summer.
When should you harvest when the leaves and vines start to die? Do you leave them ? or Pick them to ripen off the vine?
Go back and watch the video, you harvest when the skins have hardened.
What happens if they are green or white when harvest because of frost coming? Will they get yellow after they are harvested?
I've never had green ones ripen, but if they have turned white they should still ripen up. Bring them inside and put them in a sunny window
Can you date them to know which to use first or is that totally unimportant! This is my first time erev growing them, so lot's questions. The seeds were a precious gift. Your videos are so helpful.
Glad it helped. Sure you could put a little sticker on them with a date if you like. But as long as you get them eaten up in 3 or 4 months it really won't matter.
We have a freeze coming my squash are not ready can I cut the vine and bring all In from the rain and cold
weather.
I planted a few but it was a bit late in the season. I doubt they will be ripe before frost. Can I still eat them ?
Just before the frost, bring them in and keep them in a warm sunny window and they will ripen up.
@@StoneyAcresGardening, thank you so much !
How to do combat powder mildew?
This late in the season I wouldn't worry about it. You plants will die from the frost soon any way. If you are looking for an organic solution you can treat with a mix of milk and water, but this is a prevention not a cure, so you need to do it every couple of weeks BEFORE you have powdery mildew.
Who’s got a garage that’s 80-85 degrees in the fall?
I put mine in my green house.
Me
Kansas!
This is the first time I have grown these and I harvested four too early. They are ivory white. They've been like that for a month. Only one had a slight color change. How can I ripped them?
Patience! Give them some time and they will ripen, you still have plenty of time.
Do you always have to cure them, or is just straight out of the garden ok
Curing is if you plan on storing them. But you can eat them straight out of the garden.
Happy Saturday! Today's video is all about harvesting and storing Spaghetti Squash! I'm excited that this year's harvest is starting to ripen, tonights dinner will include the squash I harvested in the video!! Yum!
I have 7 spaghetti squash plants grow up wild in my yard this spring, all have at least one squash on them, some two or three, it is 30 Sep 22. I need other ways of telling when they are ripe to pick.
When you put your fingernail through the skin, doesn't that injure, or damage it for the future? Or is it early enough to where it heals itself?
Good question. No it doesn't cause any damage. It will heal quickly.
@@StoneyAcresGardening Im dabbling for the first time this summer. I have one on the vine right now. Still pretty white. Wondering when it's good for picking.
I was hoping to learn what to do with the spaghetti squash that is NOT ripened before frost. How can I get them to ripen?!
Bring them in and put them in a sunny window, as long as they have moved from the green stage to the "white or pale yellow" stage they should ripen.
@@StoneyAcresGardening great! Would a grow lamp work too?
You could try it, but I honestly have no idea, not something I have tried before.
I had know idea about storing spaghetti squash there going in my basement
"Seed packet"? My seed packet was the spaghetti squash we bought from the local produce stand! 😂
After many failed attempts to germinate seeds, we cut one open that had seeds that were already sprouting! Those have now become the five or so vines that are completely overtaking half my garden. 😁
Don't forget to harvest those male flowers every morning and fry them up while you wait for the gourds to mature. 😋
Surf Wisely.
I love it! That's awesome
Next time you can test any seeds by putting them in bowl of water good seeds will drown at bottom infertile will float.. This work with almost every type of seeds
Is the fridge too cold?
Yes, that's overkill for squash, they would be okay in the 40s and 50s and fridges are usually in the high 30s.
The hard part is cutting that bastard in half to bake in the oven..
Don’t cut them in half before putting them in the oven. Poke a few holes with a knife in the top. It cuts much easier after cooking.
We cut ours in half, remove all the seeds (save the seeds for next year to grow more) fill the squash up with mozzarella cheese then cover the cheese with lots of spinach leaves & wrap the whole thing up. We grill ours on the grill outside with chicken or steak for 45 minutes. Yummy 😋 we love them this way. Hope everyone will give this try. You won't regret it!
U suck
I SHOULD HAVE WATCHED YOUR VIDEO FIRST‼️😤🤦♀️…..I prematurely picked mine ! Now I’m sick about it !! However , I only picked one which is a good thing!!😅
Why is it that sometimes a squash won’t have the spaghetti strings after you cook them? What causes this?
I've never had that happen. Possibly the fruit wasn't ripe when you pick it? or maybe you got bad seed that had crossed with some other squash?
What happens if they get picked too soon?
I grow butternut and spaghetti squash but lately my squash is getting killed by white mildew on leaves. It gets very humid here in Ohio, probably that's why I have that problem.
Oh no!
Milk and water mixture can help with that. I've been spraying mine but it can really get out of hand quickly. Snip off some of the powder leaves and spray the rest when it's sunny out.
What is your zone
We are Zone 6b
I thought I planted butternut squash seeds but it looks like spaghetti squash lol
Wow, those guys must be around 80 lbs. each!
my spaghetti squash is white, not yellow I live in Australia
They start out a greenish white for me too and then ripen to yellow. But you may be dealing with a different variety than mine as well.
Can you mason jar them? I am aussie
Yes, but they have to be processed in a pressure canner. But they last so long fresh I don't know why you would want to do that.
Thank you!
You're welcome!
I SHOULD HAVE WATCHED YOUR VIDEO FIRST‼️😤🤦♀️…..I prematurely picked mine ! Now I’m sick about it !! However , I only picked one which is a good thing!!😅
Put it in a sunny window and it should ripen up. Wow you must live somewhere much warmer than me. My tiny plants aren't even a month old yet.
@@StoneyAcresGardening I’m in Alabama )….about 30 miles north of bham…
I wish I could share a pic here….its about the size of a cantaloupe…..very pale yellow…all I can say is ….lesson learned !! I’m a newbi at the age of 58 with gardening ….definitely trial and error…lots of errors 🤦♀️🤪
Thanks for the tip…hopefully that “might” work 🙏🏻