chayote seeds plants Cream Spiky Chayote – Gardens of Wendiland

chayote seeds plants Cream Spiky Chayote – Gardens of WendilandPlant Description: This is a prolific vine producing edible fruits in the warm season. Taste is crunchy when raw, pickled, and has sweeter flavor when cooked, especially in stir fry, or roasting. This variety holds texture well when cooked whereas other varieties get soft faster. When harvested young the spikes are soft. Tips of the young stems is edible. This variety seem to deter critters from taking your food due to the spiky nature of the fruit.

Plant Description:
This is a prolific vine producing edible fruits in the warm season.  Taste is crunchy when raw, pickled, and has sweeter flavor when cooked, especially in stir fry, or roasting.  This variety holds texture well when cooked whereas other varieties get soft faster.  When harvested young the spikes are soft.  Tips of the young stems is edible.  This variety seem to deter critters from taking your food due to the spiky nature of the fruit.

In zone 10, the chayote vine is currently at its 3rd year of producing fruits.

How to grow:
Bury the fruit, AKA seed, laying down with half of the seed above soil level.  Grows best in part sun to full sun.  Plant in well drained soil, keep soil moist.  The vine grows in spring and summer, but can be a perennial when grown in southern region, and somewhere with mild winter.

♥ How To Grow Prolific Perennial Chayote ♥

What You Will Receive:
1 fruit for planting.  Fruit may, or may not be sprouting at time off shipping.

A care sheet will be included.

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♥Our Growing Practice♥
We believe that growing high quality foods require high quality soil; therefore, the ingredients we use for growing are of higher standards compared to the conventional systems. All our plants are grown in full organic soil, GMO FREE, and are not treated with any chemicals or pesticide. 

***Disclaimer*** 
Description is for educational purposes only.
This information has not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration.
This information is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

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Shipping Info
To my friends in HAWAII -- Since shipping live plants to the State of Hawaii are required to be shipped bare root, or in soil-less medium, I cannot ship this plant since I cannot guarantee the life of it upon arrival.  Ashitaba has sensitive roots.  If you have any questions, please contact me.  Mahalo!

If you are purchasing more than 1 item please contact me for combined shipping rates. Thanks!