Sechium edule | Chayote, Chayotli, Brionne, Pepinella, Cho Ko | Various
Sechium edule belongs to the plant family CUCURBITACEÆ and Genus Sechium This plant specimen prefers Wet soil a pH of 7 . All plants need light to allow the photosynthesis process of converting carbon dioxide to growth sugars to take place. Some plants need more sun-light than others. For this plant those sunlight conditions are well described as … Full sun
We are often asked about plants for humming bird attraction. Unfortunately Sechium edule does not attract these beautiful hummingbird, sunbird or nectar feeding varieties of garden birds
Impressive Autumn foliage display is not shown by Sechium edule so look for an alternative plant for pleasing Fall leaf properties
Sechium edule chayote,chayotli,brionne,pepinella,cho ko is not known as a butterfly attracting plant
Almost all plants grown in gardens need to be fed using fertilzer in order to see them at their best. For this plant the suggested fertilizer program would be based upon … No fertilizer
Full sun to partial shade is needed for Sechium edule to do its best. Sechium edule is known as chayotli in Mayan, brionne in French or cho ko in Australian.
Ribes sanguineum is an Annual which means it lives for 1 year before dying. This plant needs to be regrown for success in the next season.
Sechium edule has an annual life cycle.
This specimen plant will normally never grow higher than 100' feet will have an overall spread somewhere between ... not specified on this plants page
This plant is will not resist frost and is classed as … Very tender
Some suggested culinary uses for this plant are … Fresh;Cooked. A descriptive flavor or texture charateristic of this plant is … has shoots that are approximately like asparagus, fruits that are a substitute for cucumbers and tubers that are like potatoes
Shoots;Fruit;Seeds;Tubers … are the edible part(s) of the Lowbush Blueberry, Huckleberry plant
The shoots of this plant as well as the fruit and the seeds and the tubers are all edible. Sechium edule is most commonly used cooked or fresh.
Suggested spacing for this crop to ensure plants next to each other use the space optimally without losing the benefits of sunshine and water needs is 12' in one direction and 9' in the other direction.
"Unusual Vegetables: Something New for This Year's Garden", Anne Moyer Halpin, editor, Organic Gardening and Farming, Rodale Press, Emmaus, Pennsylvania, 1978.