1. I grew spaghetti squash last year but I don't remember how long it took to set fruit. I waited for them to turn slightly yellow before picking.

2.There are male and female flowers.. The male floweres just have a stem. The female flowers have a little immature squash at the bottom..

3. Yes, you can place the squash on something...

4. Squash can drink a lot but they don't like to be over watered. It depends on your area. Here, the soil can dry up in a day so I usually watered every day.

5. You can dead head to control the quantity and size of the squash.

6. Feed plants when they have developing fruit.

1. There are many varieties of sphaghetti squash which range in maturity from 80 -110 days. The antique Vegetable Sphaghetti takes 110 days whereas Pinnacle comes in at 80 days.

2. Concur with Mav72

3. Concur, altho it is rarely necessary.

4. Concur altho I prefer deep watering once a week when necessary. In most areas rainfall is adequate.

5. Concur:

6. Depends on soil type. addition fertilization is beneficial on sandy soils which leach ot nutriests. On heavier soils first seedbed prep is adequate.

Thank you! It's my first time growing it, and it'll be my first time eating it! :)
One additional, yet important question... and believe me I did a lot of looking online before asking this q...
So I've found many vids on youtube and pages online regarding when you'll be seeing mature squash. Most all the vids I see on youtube have a late summer plant with mature fruit, yet it's called "Winter Squash".
Some have said it's called winter squash because it can be stored all winter, if done properly.
Some others have said it's because it grows well into winter.
Trust me, it won't here. By Halloween, we're at 30*F, by thanksgiving in the US we're at -20*F.
I'm trying to figure out how much time we have to grow the squash... I bought the plants from the nursery so they're probably about 10"-1' long now. Do you think I'll see a harvest? When do you think? thanks!

Winter squash are noted as such because of their long growing season and winter keeping- not because they will grow during the winter. They die with the cold just like summer squash does. Well, I suppose a winter squash might grow during the winter down in the deep south, lol.

But will you see a harvest? Maybe, I dunno, never tried growing in zone 2. You might want to invest in a frost blanket or a season extender of that sort to cap over your plant in the fall if you need to and just need an extra week or two of season for the squashes to get fully ripe.

If your is the Vegetable Spaghetti about the same season as a Howden Pumpkin. Your plants sound like they are about a month to a month and a half old. So if your temps hold you should harvest in September maybe late August due to your long daylight hours. These take approximately 4 months from seed.