Has anyone heard how this year's spaghetti crop is doing?

[kenny]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7yJ8C5TbeY

 

[iLander]

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Wow! It looks really good this year!

I used to go spaghetti picking as a child with my parents. My dad used to lift me on his shoulders so I could get the higher strands.

Ahhhh . . . memories . . .

 

[VapidLapid]

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We had a greenhouse and grew them hydroponically all year round.

 

[Maria D]

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My plants all sprouted too early when we had summer weather in Maine the third week of March. Then of course last week it snowed and now all the strands have turned to mush.

But, I'll be digging up my cannelloni tubers soon!

 

[Enerchi]

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My plants all sprouted too early when we had summer weather in Maine the third week of March. Then of course last week it snowed and now all the strands have turned to mush.

But, I'll be digging up my cannelloni tubers soon!

hahahahaha!!!

Kenny, where do you find these treasures???

 

[chel180]

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love it.

 

[JewelFreak]

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Oh, that's priceless! I wonder if I can grow it here in my shady yard?

 

[iLander]

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Oh, that's priceless! I wonder if I can grow it here in my shady yard?

I don't think so, Laurie. I'm pretty sure spaghetti needs full sun.

But I think you can grow fettucini in light shade. Takes a while for the trees to start bearing, though.

 

[ksinger]

Re: Has anyone heard how this year's spaghetti crop is doing

Oh, that's priceless! I wonder if I can grow it here in my shady yard?

I don't think so, Laurie. I'm pretty sure spaghetti needs full sun.

But I think you can grow fettucini in light shade. Takes a while for the trees to start bearing, though.

Depends on what you mean by "full sun". Full sun in MY part of the country often turns the plants to ramen. Or maybe we just grow a different variety here? Not sure. In any case, I got a head start on the fusilli bushes this spring. Looking like a full crop in about a month or so.

 

[Sparklelu]

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HAHA, In classes today we did an April Fools reading compreehnsion and it talked about the bumper crop of spagetti and a BBC report on it. Some of my less clued in students wanted to know if spagetti trees would grow here in Florida!!!

 

[iLander]

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HAHA, In classes today we did an April Fools reading compreehnsion and it talked about the bumper crop of spagetti and a BBC report on it. Some of my less clued in students wanted to know if spagetti trees would grow here in Florida!!!

You're right to correct them, the trees really don't do well in Florida, too much humidity.

You're better off with fusilli like ksinger. It's very adaptable.

 

[VapidLapid]

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Also good for growing in the tropics is the tortellini tree, a hybrid of the spaghetti tree and the venus fly trap.

 

[JewelFreak]

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Florida isn't a good place, really. It ripens too fast & the last thing you want to harvest is sticky spaghetti, spoiled before you get it to market. Fusilli's an idea, iLander, wonder if it's too late to plant some. The orzo bushes are just doing great in this hot weather.

--- Laurie

 

[iLander]

Re: Has anyone heard how this year's spaghetti crop is doing

Florida isn't a good place, really. It ripens too fast & the last thing you want to harvest is sticky spaghetti, spoiled before you get it to market. Fusilli's an idea, iLander, wonder if it's too late to plant some. The orzo bushes are just doing great in this hot weather.

--- Laurie

Orzo? Wow, you are patient, Laurie! I would hate to harvest that, it's so time-consuming.

I guess that's why it's so expensive in the stores.

 

[iLander]

Re: Has anyone heard how this year's spaghetti crop is doing

Also good for growing in the tropics is the tortellini tree, a hybrid of the spaghetti tree and the venus fly trap.

Those hybrids never do well for me. You're lucky if they're thriving for you, VL.