Growing Choko/Chayote, also Chayote squash, christophene, chouchou, mirliton
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- 19 Oct 20 Shez (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
- The choko you buy in shops used to sprout and you could grow them, in the last couple of years I have bought many and they don’t sprout. I think they must treat them somehow to stop sprouting. You have to find someone who has a vine to get one for growing on, I have been given a pale one, but would like a standard green one, they are hardier plants, the pale one suffers badly from mealy bug and doesn’t give much fruit.
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