Landscaping "from scratch"

[allensylves]

I cannot say for sure about the Big Island, but chayote = mirliton = Sechium edule should grow very well. It does not really look like it, but it is in the squash family. It makes fruits when the days get short enough. However, the tender tips (the part that snaps off easily) make a good vegetable, including the tendrils. I particularly like them in a broth type soup.

You plant the whole fruit with the big end partly buried. Hopefully someone sells the fruits locally.

Allen
Baton Rouge, LA & HPP