Spaghetti squash same packet different plant.
Is this difference in color common?
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I believe the 2nd was pollinated with zucchini.
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They do cross pollinate, especially if they are close together. We usually plant them as far apart as the garden space allows100’ or more
Dennis
Kent, wa
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What I have read is that the cross does not show up during the second generation, o chances are that the seed company allowed the cross pollination to occur and mixed the spaghetti seed with the hybrid seed. I might be interesting to see if the character of the interior is spaghetti or zucchini like.
Dennis
Kent, wa
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looks like a sport, is it the same inside?
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I guess I will find out later when it is cut and cooked.
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I planted a few seed from a packet of Spaghetti squash from Lowes. This dark one is the only fruit on this seedling so I was guessing that color change happened wherever the seeds were gathered. I know corn can show traits the first year from a nearby cross but I was thinking that it would take squash the second generation to show changes.
Yes, if a squash is cross pollinated it will not show up until the resulting seeds are planted. The initial spaghetti squash (if not a cross itself) will produce spaghetti squash no matter what squash pollinates it.
The reason why corn is different (aside from just that it is far more complicated) is that corn is the actual seed that forms from the cross pollination whereas squash is the fruit that contains the seeds.
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