[Qiviut]

I bought 3 tomato plants and 2 pepper plants today (sale at Home Depot - 5 plants for $10). It is 3-4 weeks early here to plant tomatoes, but if I ‘baby’ them & keep them covered on cold(er) nights, maybe they’ll make it.

Two questions:
1. Anybody grown spaghetti squash? HD had some plants & I’m debating whether to try them ... I like to cook with spaghetti squash.

2. Eggplants - I love ‘em and have a terrible time growing them. The flea beetles just eat them up every year. Last year, I had new beds so it’s not like I had old soil with beetles in it. I have used sprays, but just can’t seem to keep up with the beetles. It’s all VERY frustrating. Any suggestions?

The redbuds are blooming ... I absolutely trashed my back planting 6 of them last spring so at least I was ‘rewarded’ with some gorgeous trees this year! :-)

[greeneyes]

If you figure out about the squash, please let me know. I can't grow any of them worth a darn - not even zukes. Our first year, we got zukes, cukes, watermelons, and cantaloupes. Not much after that. Once in a while cukes or zukes manage to make a few, but haven't figured out the difference.

[Tilted Irish Kilt]

Qiviut :" 1. Anybody grown spaghetti squash? HD had some plants & I’m debating whether to try them ... I like to cook with spaghetti squash."

I have grown spaghetti squash and found them to be easily grown.
I would reccomend them to ANYONE who enjoys pasta (but not the calories) , and wants to loose weight .
The squash interior fibers are long and elongated, and can be easily separated after cooking ,by using a dinner fork .
The vegetable fruits lack any specific squash flavor, taste bland by themselves, but take well to whatever well-seasoned spaghetti sause you use.
I averaged 3-4 squash per wandering plant,sometmes more, and found them to be reasonably productive depending on rainfall. A good source of vitamins and minerals.
When I tired of them or ran out of sause, we used the extra squash, split, uncooked, and then forked the interior as a supplement to chicken feed,
and the chickens loved the fibers , and the seeds.

[LostPassword]

I grow spaghetti squash every year. My wife loves it. I get a spaghetti squash from the store in January and save the seeds. I planted them 2 weeks ago (Georgia) and will get a lot this summer/fall.

For a few weeks (in May/June) I get lots of flowers that turn into 1-2 inch squashes then die. That concerned me the first year. But they are males. Only the female flowers turn to squash. (at least that’s what I read on the internet:) The male are close to the vine and the female a couple inches off. My females are always a couple weeks after the males.