Here's our publication on mirlitons you may find useful as well! www.lsuagcenter.com/NR/rdonlyres/7A61D3C2-9717-4747-9107-49EE61A17E6B/2826/pub2032vegpears1.pdf
Thanks for the tips! I'm going to learn on a supermarket one that's sprouting, and next year I'll grow from farmers market so I can grow Louisiana product. Look for the grooves.
How do I keep mirlitons over the winter that have spouted. Bought 20 mirlitons for Thanksgiving dinner had them in grocery bags for a week before cooking. 4 of them spouted so I put them in a plastic container in soil with a cover. Like a green house. Now the spouts are lifting the cover. Do I transfer them into a bucket and keep them indoors for the winter and plant them in the spring outdoor?
Where can I get the spiny version? My grandfather grew mirlitons on his fence in metairie until around 1990 . I cant find the spiny ones anywhere they tasted better to me the smooth ones have less flavor . Help.
Try going into a Hispanic grocery store. The ones near me have the white, light green and dark green ones. I can't remember seeing the spiny ones but it's been a while since I've gone so check out/call a few stores.
You are from Louisiana and you don't know what a mirliton is. What part of the state? Down around New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Lafayette, etc this is standard thanksgiving food, stuffed mirlitons or casserole. I am 54 and I have never known a Thanksgiving without mirlitons or oyster dressing
@@LarimaBeyondBorders maybe the spelling for pronunciation is throwing them off because we don't pronounce it like it's spelled as you know the common pronunciation is " mel-uh- tawn"
@@skullheadwater9839 Yeah it’s possible but you see them in the grocery stores a lot labeled as mirlitons. When I left Louisiana I saw them labeled as Chayote, which at the time I had never heard of that word before but clearly it was a mirliton.
@@LarimaBeyondBorders sometimes in New Orleans they label them chayote now. And you are correct about the spelling I was just surmising that maybe the original poster may have heard the word but but didn't equate it to the way it's spelled. I guess also if you've never seen the actual fruit but I've seen it in a casserole mel-uh-tawn.... But that's all speculation who knows really what people think and why?
I know the best answer is grow from farm stand. I have some Mexicans that I might have killed. Draft. Looks limp. Does anyone sell heirloom mirlitons on the Northshore as plants?
It's very popular in the Caribbean. In Jamaica it's called 'cho cho'. In the Eastern Caribbean areas it's called 'christophene'
Thank you from Mandeville La🐯⚜🦝
Growing up we called them mirliton as my mom grew up in Vietnam but now in Central Texas I called them chayote. Love them.
I posted before, growing up my grandfather grew the ones with the spines. You can't find those anymore. This guy has them growing I need seeds.
Please do a follow up video covering planting, spacing and when to harvest.
Here's our publication on mirlitons you may find useful as well! www.lsuagcenter.com/NR/rdonlyres/7A61D3C2-9717-4747-9107-49EE61A17E6B/2826/pub2032vegpears1.pdf
@@LSUAgCenter Thanks
Thanks for the tips! I'm going to learn on a supermarket one that's sprouting, and next year I'll grow from farmers market so I can grow Louisiana product. Look for the grooves.
Mine from the supermarket is also sprouting! I'm so excited, I'm going to try and get it to grow as well. Hopefully California summer will be ideal 🍀
How do I keep mirlitons over the winter that have spouted.
Bought 20 mirlitons for Thanksgiving dinner had them in grocery bags for a week before cooking. 4 of them spouted so I put them in a plastic container in soil with a cover. Like a green house. Now the spouts are lifting the cover. Do I transfer them into a bucket and keep them indoors for the winter and plant them in the spring outdoor?
Yes, I would keep them indoors until all chance of frost is gone as they are frost sensitive.
I planted one but it died - it did however produce a lot of small black seeds. Will those seeds propagate?
I don't know where to get fruits to start them! I read the ones I can get at the supermarket don't do well in gardens here.
Where can I get the spiny version? My grandfather grew mirlitons on his fence in metairie until around 1990 . I cant find the spiny ones anywhere they tasted better to me the smooth ones have less flavor . Help.
Try going into a Hispanic grocery store. The ones near me have the white, light green and dark green ones. I can't remember seeing the spiny ones but it's been a while since I've gone so check out/call a few stores.
I have never heard of this vegetable and I’m from Louisiana explained very well very educational video thank you 😊
You are from Louisiana and you don't know what a mirliton is. What part of the state? Down around New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Lafayette, etc this is standard thanksgiving food, stuffed mirlitons or casserole. I am 54 and I have never known a Thanksgiving without mirlitons or oyster dressing
@@skullheadwater9839I find it very hard to believe that someone is from Louisiana and never heard of them myself.
@@LarimaBeyondBorders maybe the spelling for pronunciation is throwing them off because we don't pronounce it like it's spelled as you know the common pronunciation is " mel-uh- tawn"
@@skullheadwater9839 Yeah it’s possible but you see them in the grocery stores a lot labeled as mirlitons. When I left Louisiana I saw them labeled as Chayote, which at the time I had never heard of that word before but clearly it was a mirliton.
@@LarimaBeyondBorders sometimes in New Orleans they label them chayote now. And you are correct about the spelling I was just surmising that maybe the original poster may have heard the word but but didn't equate it to the way it's spelled. I guess also if you've never seen the actual fruit but I've seen it in a casserole mel-uh-tawn.... But that's all speculation who knows really what people think and why?
Are they safe around chickens? Would love to grow them on my chicken run.
My mirliton started flowering in may already
Still looking for the spiny Louisiana Mirlitons, been growing Chayote but they have way less flavor than the ones my grandfather grew.
So how much water do they need to be watered with?
Those leafs are very good for diabetes when boiled and drank as a tea
can i grow them in houston the one i get super market
anyone have white mirlitons for sale near lafayette?
Check our your Hispanic grocery stores. I've seen the light green, white and dark green ones near me.
Almost a year and I'm not finding LA mirlitons.
Try calling or checking out a Hispanic grocery store. The ones near me offer the white, light green and dark green ones. Good luck :)
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REAL NAME IS CHAYOTE
It's Mirliton
Yup. Chayote is the original North American name. Europeans call the Mirliton.
I know the best answer is grow from farm stand. I have some Mexicans that I might have killed. Draft. Looks limp. Does anyone sell heirloom mirlitons on the Northshore as plants?