How to Grow Achocha, Different Tips About Care & Growing

ACHOCHA  (Cyclanthera species)

 

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How to Grow and Use Achocha/Caigua (a Problem-Free Cucumber Substitute), with Recipes

 

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Growing and cooking achocha

 

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Achocha, Cyclanthera pedata

Last year I grew Achocha, Cyclanthera pedata, for the first time, on my allotment and in the Grapes Hill Community Garden in Norwich. The seeds came from Garden Organic’s Heritage Seed Library.

 

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Swapping for Achocha Seeds

Six months ago I popped by An Urban Veg Patch, and was fascinated to find out about a South-American vegetable I’d never heard of before, the Achocha. With fruit known as ‘Fat Babies’, this prolific plant grows in a cucumber-like vine and produces soft-spiked pods that taste like green peppers. However unlike peppers, the Achocha can be easily grown outdoors in the UK.

 

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Caigua or Achocha Fruit Growing Up Supports

 

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This is one of Achocha plants "fat baby"

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Achocha and Potol Cyclanthera pedat

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Achocha – Know It, Grow It!

Please correct me if I am wrong however I believe these specimens are Fat Baby (Cyclanthera brachystachya) noted for their soft fleshy spines. Achocha is one of the lost crops of the Incas.

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Achocha, a herbaceous vigorous vine is one of the very rarely sown vegetables in Europe. To Croatia it was brought only few years back and it still doesn't even have a name, although some call it "wild cucumber".

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Taxonomy - Cyclanthera Pedata Achocha Caihua (SPECIES)

 

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