Do climbing plants learn to avoid certain structures?

I think a climbing plant that i have in My garden learned to avoid certain structures when he discovered  that they are only sticks with an end. First one climbed over one stick , but when The plant arrived to The end of stick , he came back down to soil , tried with another stick with The same result and Then it started to avoid another similar sticks ( but larger) that i had put on The soil.

Is this possible?

Now My chayote don't want to support itself on sticks , which other structure can i use to support it? Do You think a rope tied to a Big tree would work?

The plant is chayote.

Maybe the sticks were in the wrong place for the tendril to find the stick so it kept searching.  Just my guess ...

Ronaldo Montoya wrote: Is this possible?

Now My chayote don't want to support itself on sticks , which other structure can i use to support it? Do You think a rope tied to a Big tree would work? The plant is chayote.

I think many plants are smarter than humans give them credit for.

I don't know chayote myself, but all the pictures I've seen of it growing were on an arbor type support - think big and beefy. There are plenty of examples on Google images, but here's one local to me:


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I saw examples of them growing along wires, on cattle panels, on tripods, but all appeared sturdy and reliable. I expect that if you build something over where the plant is growing, training it up the first few feet to get it started will overcome any concern the plants feel from their earlier disappointment in their housing situation!

Ronaldo Montoya wrote:Do You think a rope tied to a Big tree would work?

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We gave one of ours a wire to climb up towards a tree. It happily climbs right up it, then right up to the top of the tree too.

Burra Maluca wrote:

Ronaldo Montoya wrote:Do You think a rope tied to a Big tree would work?

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We gave one of ours a wire to climb up towards a tree. It happily climbs right up it, then right up to the top of the tree too.

Good idea i'm gonna try with wire. Because My plant escapes from sticks like an crazy animal.

What wire gauge do you recommend? And material ?  

Thanks

Chayote/ choko plants can get huge and very heavy when covered with fruit. They can pull down fences and structures! Make sure you give it something sturdy and strong to grown on.

Ronaldo Montoya wrote:What wire gauge do you recommend? And material ?  

We used some that we happened to have around - 2mm plastic coated steel wire. I couldn't say that I recommend it, just that it worked. Personally I wouldn't choose plastic coated but it was what we had. And I suspect thicker would be better.