Every Gardener Should Grow This Plant In Their Garden! Here's Why!! (Chayote - Choko - Mirliton)

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  • @redgingerbreadpam
    @redgingerbreadpam 2 роки тому +20

    I love making hot & spicy pickles from these squash. As Cajuns, we call these Mirlitons. Delicious with our Gumbos & Rice & Gravies

    • @plantabundance
      @plantabundance  2 роки тому +2

      Love it! I just learned somethin' new. Cheers!

    • @yashikaokon
      @yashikaokon 2 роки тому +1

      Yes, mirlitons....so good!

    • @redgingerbreadpam
      @redgingerbreadpam 2 роки тому +1

      @@plantabundance Awesome. Gives me an idea to do a video in late fall because that's when they're available here in abundance around Thanksgiving/Christmas in South Louisiana

  • @maricampari3970
    @maricampari3970 2 роки тому +11

    Woah.... This squash looks.... Very feminine.... 😉

    • @holistichealthandnature3709
      @holistichealthandnature3709 2 роки тому +1

      lol true

    • @susannahfox7188
      @susannahfox7188 2 роки тому +1

      The "3 sisters" kept most indigenous alive in all 3 of the Americas.......corns, beans (or peas), and squash. They grow together seamlessly, and provide elements to the soil that benefit the others in the trio.

  • @Brajesvari_108
    @Brajesvari_108 2 роки тому +34

    Mexican markets also carry chayotes. From my experience they are biannual in my California garden, the first year they usually don't produce, but the second year they go crazy! Harvest in October and store in a cool place!

  • @shawnlivers2757
    @shawnlivers2757 2 роки тому +9

    God NEVER ceases to amaze me!

  • @avachannel4926
    @avachannel4926 2 роки тому +4

    THANK YOU MARI CAMPARI!!!
    I was reading through the comments ... waiting .... and thinking I must be the only one!!!

  • @calikellyr
    @calikellyr 2 роки тому +10

    I'm pretty sure my daughter made 'apple' pie with one!! It was delicious!

  • @dianaregallis7488
    @dianaregallis7488 2 роки тому +7

    Sounds great ✨I visit A Vietnamese market ,so I'll surly ask . Thanks for the tip 💜

  • @southernroots2229
    @southernroots2229 2 роки тому +14

    I have tried to grow zucchini and yellow summer squash several years and the boar worms always kill the plants. I have bought and eaten chayote squash before and it’s really good so this sounds like a solution for me to be able to grow squash here in Houston,Texas

    • @susannahfox7188
      @susannahfox7188 2 роки тому +2

      Use a turmeric solution on the leaves......

    • @trishrogers2597
      @trishrogers2597 2 роки тому +3

      I also don’t have success with zucchini I am in Conroe going to try this love that entire plant is edible. Growing sweet potatoes and the leaves are wonderful wilted in a little butter oil or bacon grease Being able to use more of the plants Just makes sense !

    • @MA-gw5kw
      @MA-gw5kw 2 роки тому +1

      Same here in East Texas! Definitely going to give this one a try.

  • @smallhomestead2897
    @smallhomestead2897 2 роки тому +8

    This is the same with the upo plant. You can eat the shoots. leaves, vines. We do all the time. Enjoy!

  • @jam_is_jammin
    @jam_is_jammin 2 роки тому +10

    You can eat the tips?! My coworker gave me a chayote squash last year. I planted it and it has been taking over. I’ve been pruning it and throwing the tops in the compost. You just blew my mind, neighbor. I’m in Solano county.

    • @enchilada1956
      @enchilada1956 2 роки тому +1

      Lol, my neighbor gave me this to grow and I forgot what it was called, but now I know. It is a prodigious grower and taking over everything in it's path!

  • @rockreader4298
    @rockreader4298 2 роки тому +13

    Thanks Dan, for introducing this unusual plant to many that have seen, though never grew or tasted it. Please do a more in-depth video on it. I would enjoy seeing a vid on how you would prepare and cook it and know if and how you eat the fruit itself, or simply allow it to sprout. I really enjoy when you and Alice together, prepare and cook what you grow, plus give us recipes. God bless you both. ( :

  • @MR-vd9zd
    @MR-vd9zd 2 роки тому +3

    Chayote is very popular in my country Mx. It's great with butter, beef soup, etc...Enjoyed your videos. My son is very drawn to the Agriculture industry and I think he is right 🙏🙏

  • @ZanddyH
    @ZanddyH 2 роки тому +3

    I looove chayote, and live in an area in Mexico were some people grow it. I just can seem to keep my plants healthy. We have a large yard, but all the cucurbites catch fungus pretty quick. I've tried different methods, but they all get covered with powdery mildew. Cucumbers and squash yield lots of fruit before dying, but chayote takes a while to produce so, for several years, the plants have died before even flowering.
    I changed spots, tried containers, changed the container and soil, but still, fungus! Maybe it's the weather? We have rainy summers, very humid, not super hot.
    But chayotes are so delicious!

  • @tamararoberts9307
    @tamararoberts9307 2 роки тому +4

    I've never heard of this plant before, so very interesting 🤔 👍

  • @shawnlivers2757
    @shawnlivers2757 2 роки тому +5

    What wonderful information, thank you!

  • @wsuatheart
    @wsuatheart 2 роки тому +3

    I may have to try this in my garden.

  • @jimginnyohio
    @jimginnyohio 2 роки тому

    I always learn new stuff from you! I have never heard of this plant before? Thank you.

  • @kingskid4804
    @kingskid4804 2 місяці тому

    It's a very good plant..nice 👌❤

  • @angelau1194
    @angelau1194 2 роки тому +4

    We call them chokos in Australia : )

  • @karibu1465
    @karibu1465 2 роки тому +2

    It grew wonderful in Tansania. Usambara Mountain.

  • @susannahfox7188
    @susannahfox7188 2 роки тому +1

    Thanks brother Dan, living in South America, I wasn't sure what these plants were about. Now I know, and I'm a gonna try some!

  • @LivingMiracleHomestead
    @LivingMiracleHomestead 2 роки тому +2

    Thanks for the great tips on the coyote Dan.

  • @maureenpeterson2070
    @maureenpeterson2070 2 роки тому +4

    In Australia we call them chokos. Usually grown over the chook house. They can be very prolific. I make delicious pickles, mock apple, chips ,bake boil, soups, sliced thinly and cooked in cream and garlic and or covered in herbs and fried or baked.
    So many ways to use these......they are currently $11.00 a kilo here

    • @almac9203
      @almac9203 Рік тому

      It is crazy because I have one of those plants and I never get anything except one year that it went bananas and I had so many fruit I didn't know what to do with them. I am in New Zealand so the weather isn't quite right for consistent fruit production but when the conditions are right it just goes!

  • @corinnewatts6683
    @corinnewatts6683 2 роки тому +1

    In Australia we call them choko. Their subtle flavour makes them suitable for adding to anything and when they are young and fresh can be eaten without peeling raw sliced in salads or cooked. A very underrated vegetable imho.

  • @anapaulacrawford5837
    @anapaulacrawford5837 2 роки тому +4

    Very common here in southeast texas. Great squashe to grow ..

  • @sheilaa7401
    @sheilaa7401 2 роки тому +1

    Thanks Dan for that good advice, hope to get one of those where you said to find them, thank you and God bless you and your family for all the good tips and helps.

  • @budokaii
    @budokaii 2 роки тому +13

    They have those chayote squash at the 99cent only store

  • @callumc6593
    @callumc6593 2 роки тому +12

    I remember that my grandmother would grow this in our garden in the uk when when the plant sets fruit it would sometimes produce fruit that have spikes on them so if your growing this and the plant sets fruit be careful.

    • @AAHomeGardening
      @AAHomeGardening 2 роки тому +1

      Callum c, oh yes, some has painful spikes
      I have several growing in the UK as well

  • @gewgulkansuhckitt9086
    @gewgulkansuhckitt9086 2 роки тому +6

    I tried growing them in south Alabama using ones bought at Walmart. Most rotted before sprouting and the ones that grew ended up being very unproductive. I've read that the ones grown around Louisiana might be better suited to growing in the U.S. as the ones from Walmart are likely more tropical. Maybe the Asian market option is better.

  • @calittlegarden-3311
    @calittlegarden-3311 2 роки тому +7

    O my God. Since I have a chaoyta plant. I can harvest one bundle of shot each day. I don't need spend any money for green leaf vegetables. But I plant in wrong spot and it grow way so bigger. So I am planning to grow one at different location and pull out what I have now. I cooked in string fly or on noodles soup.

  • @terrieholloway9066
    @terrieholloway9066 2 роки тому +1

    Thanks!

  • @AAHomeGardening
    @AAHomeGardening 2 роки тому

    Love chayote
    Have several growing at the moment, here in the UK

  • @nicktroutt6584
    @nicktroutt6584 Рік тому

    I live in Haiti and this squash is widely consumed here, but I didn't know the whole plant was edible. Thanks!

  • @koreannederr5593
    @koreannederr5593 2 роки тому +3

    Squash, summer varieties almost impossible here in Hawaii🙄 trying kabocha and spaghetti next

  • @DancingL704
    @DancingL704 2 роки тому +6

    Interesting confirmation; the other day while I was at the market , I was looking at a chayote. I didn’t get it, but apparently I should of.
    I will definitely be picking one up, the next time I’m at the grocery store

  • @avachannel4926
    @avachannel4926 2 роки тому +7

    It reminded me of Marie's sculpture on Everybody Loves Raymond.

    • @HzFvr
      @HzFvr 2 роки тому +1

      😂I thought I was the only one 👍

    • @hallbillyhomestead
      @hallbillyhomestead 2 роки тому +1

      I came here to say this.

  • @Wisdomseeker_777
    @Wisdomseeker_777 2 роки тому

    My grandparents had vines covering the entire rear section of their house! Lol. We would all go to get our mirliton (New Orleans) from her! I'd love to grow it here in south texas, just not sure if it would be able to handle the heat.

  • @pollyjazz
    @pollyjazz 2 роки тому +1

    From my own experience they fruit better if you plant 2 close together. They get all tangled up and become as if just one plant. In my backyard i panted a prickly variety that is sometimes found growing wild. A little harder to handle but taste the same. First year you might get only a few or none at all but the second year you will be giving them away. If you let it spread it becomes quite prolific. Mine was attacked by powdery mildew and spider mites and I still got a pretty good haul. Also interesting is that you can leave them on the vine and harvest as necessary. They just get bigger. I've seen some as big as melons! Don't forget you can also eat the seed which is delicious, and it is better to use gloves while peeling them because the skins secrete a substance that some people can be sensitive to. I cut it close to the ground just before winter and it just keeps coming back every spring. Usually get some to eat late August ,September , October and if it's still warm even November. In my country they are typically called chu-chu or xu-xu😋. (Pronounced shoo- shoo)

  • @alsolark3029
    @alsolark3029 2 роки тому +1

    Interesting. I think I saw those at a Hispanic grocery store too.

  • @graftingfruittree23
    @graftingfruittree23 2 роки тому

    Good morning ❤️

  • @TheMalcolms7
    @TheMalcolms7 Місяць тому

    Honestly
    That thumbnail though 😅
    I'm growing them too here in the UK. It's a race against time because it is getting cold now as we enter autumn 🍁

  • @talitasmit9337
    @talitasmit9337 2 роки тому +1

    It is called a Chu Chu in South Africa

  • @TheWordofGodGardenMore
    @TheWordofGodGardenMore 5 місяців тому

    ❤❤❤

  • @vickilewis8792
    @vickilewis8792 Рік тому

    😊

  • @KHACHANNEL
    @KHACHANNEL 4 місяці тому

    I like this

  • @chrischen9589
    @chrischen9589 2 роки тому

    I tried different ways to germinate and were not successful. Kitchen counter, window sill with water underneath and outside. Which type of fruit did you used? Small or big one? Will try it next year

  • @ricardocalderon9823
    @ricardocalderon9823 Рік тому

    Chayote is a common ingredient in Guatemalan caldo de res (beef soup)

  • @Emaniuz
    @Emaniuz 2 роки тому +5

    Looking at the thumbnail, i should probably grow 10 or 20 of those. 😂

    • @ony583
      @ony583 2 роки тому +2

      Don't be gready, I'm sure you could make do with one, just wash it and reuse it.

  • @pattyclarkson3
    @pattyclarkson3 2 роки тому

    Speaking of ceanothus, I bought one at your recommendation last year. Sadly, I didn't pay attention because this is a low growing,ground cover type of plant rather than a bush. It has not grown all that much over the year and I haven't seen any flowering yet.
    Where did you get yours?

  • @markm8188
    @markm8188 2 роки тому

    How much room does it take up? Does it need a trellis?

  • @robinmarie5180
    @robinmarie5180 2 роки тому +1

    Can it take a frost?

  • @ruthrodriguez3473
    @ruthrodriguez3473 2 роки тому

    I planted a chayote and it has not given me fruit yet. Thanks for i the information!

  • @DJ-uk5mm
    @DJ-uk5mm 2 роки тому

    Will it grow in zone 8?

  • @susananderson9619
    @susananderson9619 2 роки тому +9

    It looked like a vulva lol

    • @maricampari3970
      @maricampari3970 2 роки тому +6

      Hehe yes I agree. The Coochie Squash is a better name.

    • @susananderson9619
      @susananderson9619 2 роки тому +1

      Lmfao 😂

    • @alisham4902
      @alisham4902 2 роки тому

      I just came to the comments to see who else mentioned this.😂 The only reason I watched the video, but this was interesting.

    • @1010JenFriend
      @1010JenFriend 2 роки тому

      @@maricampari3970 bahahhahahh coochie squash hahahhahhaahah

  • @lindanelson4963
    @lindanelson4963 4 місяці тому

    I have never successfully sprouted a chayote 🥺 I've tried different methods and they always rot before it sprouts😭 is it possible to buy seeds? I tried once before years ago and got scammed they sent me sqush seeds but small white ones like from zucchini or pumpkin, but definitely not chayote.

  • @iamthewelcher
    @iamthewelcher 2 роки тому

    Reminds me of something I've seen before... hmm...🤔

  • @buthoolmerchant850
    @buthoolmerchant850 9 місяців тому

    I been looking for a plant can’t find one.

  • @sevenwonders1717
    @sevenwonders1717 2 роки тому +2

    So, if you Get "Fruit" WHAT does it taste like?

    • @sevenwonders1717
      @sevenwonders1717 2 роки тому +1

      Do you eat it raw, or cook it?

    • @susannahfox7188
      @susannahfox7188 2 роки тому +1

      @@MadTracker Curious - what is the origin of the name "mirliton?" Sounds like it has a back story?

  • @ube4856
    @ube4856 2 роки тому

    what zone are you in?

  • @jakemelinko
    @jakemelinko 5 місяців тому

    Wall mart has these

  • @thelastcrusaders6317
    @thelastcrusaders6317 2 роки тому +1

    strong pass

  • @prkremer
    @prkremer 2 роки тому +1

    Do you eat it by licking it until it’s gone?

  • @jojozepofthejungle2655
    @jojozepofthejungle2655 Рік тому

    Hardly got to see the thing. Like cutting it, which part to eat etc...

  • @hardyrichards5360
    @hardyrichards5360 2 роки тому

    What zone are you guys in?

  • @kimbeaux75
    @kimbeaux75 2 роки тому +1

    What is it with dudes always saying just the tip?! 🤣

  • @jojozepofthejungle2655
    @jojozepofthejungle2655 2 роки тому

    Great because I hate beans, not the taste, just the strings.

  • @rozhill4837
    @rozhill4837 2 роки тому +1

    Wait a,minute...what does the fruit taste like? Don't tell me it tastes like a bean.

    • @Brajesvari_108
      @Brajesvari_108 2 роки тому

      It taste like a non starchy potato, amazing in soups, battered and deep fried, or simply boiled with some salt and pepper and some butter!

    • @rozhill4837
      @rozhill4837 2 роки тому

      @@Brajesvari_108 Thank you. Good info, now I just have to procure an Asian seed catalog. Thanks again.

  • @mindfulgratitude3041
    @mindfulgratitude3041 2 роки тому +1

    Videos not playing

  • @JohnG-cj1ii
    @JohnG-cj1ii 2 роки тому +1

    Click bait, looks like a vulva.

    • @lightbuilder2673
      @lightbuilder2673 2 роки тому

      I was looking for THIS comment. Glad I’m not the only one who thought this!

  • @1010JenFriend
    @1010JenFriend 2 роки тому

    looks like a 😏