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ive some chaya growing . can someone explain me what diference of two varieties? so i could identify the one i've ?
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Hello, Vittorio- I just bought 4 cuttings from Florida Food Forests and the healthy cuttings, about 8" long, are ready to just stick in t...Read More
Does anyone know a reliable source to obtain this plant?
I have grown Chaya, both varieties, here in south central Texas for about 20 years. I am in zone 8b and have had temps down to 16ºF, in...Read More
Overall I absolutely love this plant. But I have a question about it. Last year, I brought the plants in for the freezes and they did oka...Read More
I have a variety of Chaya that I eat raw, -the people I got it from have been eating it raw in their area for hundreds of years, it produ...Read More
I love this bush! My mom gave me two branches, just twigs less than a foot long, and told me to stick them in the ground. I did. They gre...Read More
I have had huge success using chaya in complex agroforestry systems in panama. it thrives in full sun and part shade and on slopes and fl...Read More
A really nitritious plant. If you want to propagate from cuttings dont put the cuttings in water. Just let them in a place away from the ...Read More
This plant has some pros and cons. My Mexican neighbor loves it to wrap tamales in, and the big, bright green leaves have an intense swee...Read More
shoshanim [above] is almost certainly describing Hoja Santa (Piper auritum); not Chaya Mansa,
I'm told that flowers are rare and seeds almost unknown.. Experiments with chaya tea on diabetic rabbits show that it seems to first cau...Read More
Very attractive plant. Marginal outdoors in 8b winters, but one plant did come back from roots this spring (I'm planning to repot it for ...Read More
This is a fantastic ornamental vegetable. It is shrubby, normally gorinw to about 2m in height, but if well tended can become a handsome...Read More
The toxicity can be completely removed by cooking for 10 minutes or more. Do not cook in aluminum cookware.