Spaghetti squash. Spaghetti pumpkin. Seeds.
Spaghetti squash. Spaghetti pumpkin. Seeds.
These squashes are popularly called spaghetti squash, because of the flesh, which easily breaks into spaghetti-like strips, it has a very fibrous middle, from which you can make a delicious meal that will really resemble long pasta. To cook properly, preheat the oven to 200 ° C. Cut the pumpkin in half lengthwise, remove the seeds, lightly salt and bake in the oven for ~ 1 hour, until the pumpkin is soft and easily separated into fibers with a fork.
The taste is sweet with a slight nutty tinge.
The plant is heat-loving, so it is worth growing it from seedlings.
Before planting, the seeds must be soaked.
Seedlings are planted in pots from April to May.
Seedlings are planted in early June at a distance of 1 m.
Harvests from August to September.
Seeds in a package of 2 pcs.