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by Lance Hill | Mar 20, 2019 | Mirliton | 1 comment
Oct 2, 2026
Tired of heat and disease killing your vine? Here are two simple ways to grow them in cool, disease-free weather — and get a crop. (1). Plant your sprout in the fall, then heavily mulch it for the winter. When it pops up the next spring, it will flower and...
Jul 6, 2026
We Have Changed the Two Categories of Certified Mirlitons In the past, Mirliton.Org had two categories of mirlitons that we certified as Louisiana heirlooms: named and unnamed. This was a little cumbersome for some people, so we have...
Jul 5, 2026
Summary: The standard advice we hear is to remove diseased leaves and stems to reduce the spread of anthracnose and other fungal diseases. It’s wrong; in fact, rummaging around in a mirliton vine, pinching off or clipping infected leaves will increase the spread of...
Jun 14, 2026
If excessive rainfall is chronically flooding your mirliton bed, consider building a large, deep, elevated raised bed with bottom and lateral drainage. You can still do a ground planting, but place the elevated raised bed under the same trellis and shade cloth...
Jun 2, 2026
Mirlitons don't like wet feet. They spent some 26 million years evolving on the mountainsides of Mexico and Central America, where rain races downhill and barely gets a chance to soak into the porous slope soil before it's gone. Our job as growers is to recreate those...
May 19, 2026
Overview: As most of you know, I provide free diagnosis and treatment for mirliton plant diseases and problems to this group. I’m also training Tedra Stanley and Michelle Impastato Glore to do the same. I’m not a formally trained plant pathologist, but have learned...
May 19, 2026
A Cool Weather Hydroponic Method of Growing Mirliton (Chayote) Vines and Fruit in a 55 Gallon Blue Barrel Perfected use of “Kratky Method” by William DeBay, on location in Haverhill, Florida The following method was used in a 95-day period from January 10,...
May 15, 2026
If you felt feverish and wanted to check your temperature, you wouldn't guess; you would get a thermometer and take your temperature. Your garden soil is no different, and we now have a way to determine exactly how much soil moisture your mirliton has available: the...
Apr 28, 2026
We’ve made an important discovery that may change how we grow mirlitons in the U.S.A. I say “we” because it was the observations made by growers in the Mirliton Facebook group that sparked my interest in why spring mirlitons were flowering females long before...
Mar 20, 2026
Checklist for Transplanting a Containerized Mirliton Plant ✔ Harden off the potted plant before transplanting--or erect a shade cloth for the first week ✔ Plant in fast-draining, composted soil ✔ Add manure or slow-release fertilizer ✔ ...