David Hill wrote:
On 27/08/2018 09:01, FMurtz wrote:
Chris Hogg wrote:
On Mon, 27 Aug 2018 17:29:14 +1000, FMurtz
wrote:
I do not know if the UK knows they these exist but here goes, For three
years I have tried to grow chokos (chayote in America), In Australia
they usually grow rampant,down any fence across the dunny and take
over,
but not for me.
I buy a few chokos from the supermarket that have started to sprout I
dig a hole fill with bag of potting mix and a bit of fertilizer, have
also tried in just dug up dirt, they all grow vines but no chokos, if I
knew anyone with chocos I might pinch a couple in case mine were
rendered sterile before sale, but I do not think they would bother,
.Â* Any ideas?
Never heard of it, but I assume you've googled for suggestions. There
seems to be plenty of advice out there. https://tinyurl.com/y96du98w
and https://tinyurl.com/yb58p3h6 Do your plants even flower?
With some cucurbits, the sex of the flowers is temperature dependent.
https://tinyurl.com/y8xlk3nx
If you get flowers of both sexes, do you ensure the females get
pollinated, either by insects or by you with a paint brush or rabbit's
tail? The female flowers have a tiny bulge at the base, the incipient
fruit that will grow when the flower is pollinated.
No flowers just vines.
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I have bought these a couple of times in Malta in the winter when I have
found them with the seed already sprouting and growing out of the fruit.
Whilst I have got them to grow under glass I have never got them to
produce any fruit.
I have a feeling that you are writing from the US, am I right?
As they originate in central America I would have thought you would be
better placed to get fresh fruit than here in the UK where I suspect the
only place would be an Asian supermarket.
Australia, where they normally grow like weeds and are hard to stop,
except for me.
Not all shops sell them as they are so common in everyone elses garden,
although I do not know many neighbors or I would pinch them.