[carolski]

I am just so excited, I took the advice given re the pollinating trick with my old makeup brush on the spaghetti squash plants..I went away on holiday for 2 weeks and have come back to 8 good size fruits.....wonderful! Now i need to know what i do know as i'm concerned that they may get eaten or go rotton once this great weather spell has passed.

 
Help please!
Carole

[Elcie]

How exciting!  I saw seeds for these yesterday and was tempted.

Not sure what the specific advice would be for that variety but have a look at the plant.  If that looks healthy then you are ok for a little while yet.  My BNS plants looked terrible and dying so I took the squash off and they are ripening on my windowsill but there were already pretty ripe so I guess it depends on how ripe yours are?

[mumofstig]

Where are you carol cos it is getting cold quickly in the north and i wouldn't want a frost to spoil them. Have some fleece or a cloche handy!
You can pick and eat them at any time,if they are big enough, but to store they need to be really ripe.
Are they changing colour at all...going yellowish/pale orange  i think those ones go?  If they are I would cut them with a t-bar handle of stem and bring them inside, in windowledge or greenhouse.
The skins end up quite hard for storage after a week or 2.