very pretty areaHancock, MI is right across the canal from Houghton, MI. often they are smushed together when mentioned, though they are quite different small cities. i lived mostly in Houghton while i was up there, but for a few years i lived at the far and very uphill end of Hancock. it could be a very long walk in the middle of winter, but it usually did me some good.i eventually moved back to Houghton though when an attic became available.
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The problem with chayote isn't really the length of the growing season... it is that the plants are daylength sensitive, and won't begin to flower until days approach 12 hours. Since the Autumnal equinox is September 21st, that is too close to frost for those of us in the North. I've considered trying to grow it under a temporarily-heated hoop house, and may try that one of these years.
I grew one in the fruit and one out of the fruit kind of a inny outy.. You can do it both ways.
no don't think that that's why we are all here to learn about gardening..Sorry for the hijacking @Just Don , our conversations here tend to wander outside the lines occasionally.
