On Mon, 18 Feb 2013 10:01:02 -0500, pavane wrote:

> "basilisk" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Some time back Susan had posted about Chayote squash.
>>
>> They are quite good sauteed and used as a sub for potato
>> in soups and stews.
>>
>> They were somewhat expensive, so, I am trying my hand at
>> growing them.
>>
>> They require a long growing season and have to be sprouted
>> directly from the squash, currently I have two with runners
>> about 4 feet long started in pots inside, with another month to
>> go before they can be moved outside.
>>
>> In my zone it is possible for them to come back from roots,
>> year to year.
>> Hopefully this will turn into an abundant source of easy to
>> care for squash.
>>
>> Thanks, Susan
>
> Be careful, I believe some of them grow tiny thorns,
> particularly in and around the creases in the fruit.
>
> pavane

Will do.

I haven't seen any on the purchased squash, but they may have been brushed
off.

basilisk