Sugaretti is a new spaghetti winter squash that prolifically produces a generous crop of mid-sized orange-fleshed vegetables. These striped beauties are the perfect size for culinary gardeners who want to grow a great tasting, healthy fall treat on semi-bushy vines that spread only about two feet wide/long. The nutty sweet flesh (somewhat reminiscent of a sweet potato) can be used as a pasta substitute simply roasted or blended in soups. Determinate vining plants have good disease resistance to powdery mildew and produce fruits slightly earlier than other similar varieties. Sugaretti produces so many fruits that it’s good that their hard shells protect the flesh for a long shelf life.
Sow seeds in garden setting leaving enough of room for two-foot vines. Seed in a sunny location in 3-foot rows with a 10- inch spacing. These 2-foot vines are determinate and require staking in patio containers. Enjoy baked, cooked in soups and sauces.
Chris P Heaton –
What an awesome plant. Will be saving seeds for next year. We got ours at Denver botanic gardens. Only thing I would question is plant size, these things got huge I put a fence up to block from the rest of the garden and they climbed it and hung squash all along it.
Julie K –
I’m loving this plant so far – large, plenteous fruit for sure. As for the fruit color, mine is definitely yellow and more like spaghetti squash than sweet potato. And then vines are definitely beyond the two feet expectation. We have had above average rainfall so maybe it normally wouldn’t spread so much but it’s in a 6 ft patch and bursting out of it – growing up the tomato cage on one side and the bean trellis on the other! I’m excited about it though because we have never had a good field with regular spaghetti squash. I’m looking forward to enjoying this hybrid.
David Uhr –
This is a vigorous vine, spreading easily 6-8 feet in every direction. No disease and fruit is anywhere from ready to pick to new blossoms, so not exactly determinate either. No disease. Rooting down along vine which helps avoid death by squash Vine Borer. Overall, looks very good, ripening to a striped white color it appears, rather than the typical pale yellow.
Charlene Mogle –
I have been trying to ID a squash I grew that was mislabeled at the nursery, I think this is it, but mine turned a nice pumpkin orange on the outside as I left them on the vine quite awhile. They were yellow and green on the outside initially. Do you think this is what I have? The inside is orange.
Marco –
Ours is definitely prolific but it’s taking over the garden. It’s grabbed the pea cages and took over the watermelon. It has swallowed the bean poles. It’s covered the paths. It’s insane how big it is. Lots and lots of squash on it.
My husband didn’t realize it was a type of spaghetti squash so he’s totally bummed. He hates spaghetti squash. Guess it’s good I like them because I’ll be living on them.
Kim Webster –
This is a very prolific plant. I purchased two seedlings from a local nursery that were simple labeled spaghetti squash. As they grew it was clear that they weren’t the small yellow spaghetti squash I was expecting, and through this website I discovered we had sugaretti squash. We harvested 26 large squash (smallest was 10″ and the largest over a foot long) from our two seedlings!!!! The fruit is pale yellow and very tasty – slightly sweeter than the spaghetti squash we are accustomed to, but not so sweet that we can’t use it as a pasta alternative. We did find the vines went beyond the two feet expectation, they easily were 8 feet and took over a lot of our garden. As a result my beans, cucumbers etc didn’t do as well this year. I will plant again but may trellis it or let it have a separate patch.