The presented 'Vegetable Spaghetti' (Cucurbita pepo) is a popular variety of squash that stands out with characteristic properties of the flesh. Baked flesh of this gourd breaks up into soft, thin threads, which makes this pumpkin a unique culinary delicacy. The variety offered here in our store bears elongated, cylindrical, regularly shaped fruit. There is a substantial amount of creamy-yellow flesh under the smooth, rather thick, yellow-orange skin. It has a mild, excellent taste. Due to the flesh form, the 'Vegetable Spaghetti' squash is recommended for baking and preparation of a vegan, delicious, healthy pasta. You can serve it with any given sauce or soup. The 'Vegetable Spaghetti' constitutes a low-calorie and nutritious alternative to regular pasta. The squash flesh is digestible and contains a number of valuable B vitamins, vitamin C, provitamin A and smaller doses of all the important macro- and micronutrients, including potassium, phosphorus, zinc, magnesium, iron and sodium.

The 'Vegetable Spaghetti' seeds should be sown onto the field late in spring. As the offered variety displays high vigour and bears large fruit (up to 1.5 kg in weight), it requires a fertile, humus-rich soil that has high water capacity. Squashes can be harvested in early or late autumn, depending on the exact culture start.

Each package contains 3 grams of the 'Vegetable Spaghetti' squash. The growing tips and the sow-by date are included in the package information.

• Use: as alternative to pasta with sauces and in soups
• Harvest time: autumn
• Site: fertile, humus-rich soil that has high water capacity
• Weight (in grams): 3 g