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Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: MJS on July 29, 2012, 20:36

Title: Can someone tell me please?....
Post by: MJS on July 29, 2012, 20:36

is this spaghetti squash ripe? It has turned yellow, but is still quite hard. I have never grown one before, and with so little coming off my plot this year, I wouldn't want to lose it.


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Title: Re: Can someone tell me please?....
Post by: Kleftiwallah on July 29, 2012, 21:08

Pop down to an organic greengrocers and have a shufti at theirs to compare colour and skin condition, give theirs a good prod and poke while your at it!   :ohmy:



Cheers,    Tony.

Title: Re: Can someone tell me please?....
Post by: MJS on July 29, 2012, 21:10

hmm, bit short on them down this way, Good idea though :D

Title: Re: Can someone tell me please?....
Post by: mumofstig on July 29, 2012, 21:28

They stay hard on the outside, even when ripe ;)
If it's changed colour it's ready to eat  :)
If you want to store it for a while rather than eat it, then leave it on the plant another few weeks, It may get a deeper colour and get even harder.

Title: Re: Can someone tell me please?....
Post by: MJS on July 29, 2012, 21:31

Thank you MOS  :D

Title: Re: Can someone tell me please?....
Post by: Madame Cholet on July 29, 2012, 21:33

Quote from: Kleftiwallah on July 29, 2012, 21:08

Pop down to an organic greengrocers.

You still have green grocers and ones that sell squashes  lucky thing We have a market trader once a week i'm wondering if there are any green grocers left in Northants?