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Spaghetti Squash Disappointment
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Posted: Sep/06/2008 9:13 AM PST
This spring I was shopping for ferns and bought a single tiny, sad looking spaghetti squash plant on a whim. It turned into the biggest, most beautiful squash plant ever! Momma was so proud as it grew up and along the top of our fence, and draped over the other side into the parsley bed!!  It produced three bouncing baby spaghetti squash before it passed quietly away of the powdery mildew. The squash were turning yellow and almost ripe so I brought them in and was looking forward to a lovely spaghetti squash dinner. To my extreme disappointment, I went into the kitchen one morning to find what looked like sawdust all over the table, and found grubs were boring out of my lovely squashes!!! Holes and gooey sawdust all over them!! This is so sad. It makes me not want to waste the room to grow squash! Also, I'm not sure if the plant was a hybrid. I saved the seeds from one squash but they are probably worthless. Attachments:   |
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Posted: Sep/07/2008 5:49 AM PST
Awww, what a shame. One of my friends called me yesterday and said that she had a lot of squash. We both usually have the problems with the borers too. She planted a second crop late and had great results. We deduced that the moths that produce the borers must be gone by the middle of summer and that's why hers did so well. I don't know, but I think I might try that next year. Wait till much later to plant. |
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Posted: Sep/07/2008 6:11 AM PST
At least it made for a pretty ornamenta plant 
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Posted: Sep/08/2008 10:15 AM PST
What a loss! Condolences, aimee. In a small urban garden there's so little room for long vines, It's particularly sad when your one crop goes sour. I tried a second planting of zucchini this year, around the end of July. They didn't make it. Too hot and dry, even with irrigation. Shoulda planted them in a cooler spot! |
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