Crops
Cassava
(Manihot esculenta)
- Type of vegetable : tuber
- Optimum growth pH range : 6
- Optimal growth temperature range : 23-24°C on average
- Organic matter requirements : undemanding plant
- Rooting : tolerates sandy, poor, clay soils, etc. Good drainage needed
- Special requirements : great adaptability.
- Seed characteristics
- Number of seeds per gram : -
- Nursery : No
- Sowing depth : 410 cm
- Line spacing : 100 cm
- Interplant : 100 cm
- Notes : Planting cuttings 15 to 30 cm, 3 to 6 buds.
- Seed germination time
| 0°C | 5°C | 10°C | 15°C | 20°c | 25°C | 30°C | 35°C | 40°C |
- Duration of the crop cycle under optimal growing conditions
| Nursery | Field |
Pollination at commercial maturity |
| 6 to 12 months |
- Optimal storage conditions
Cassava is a vegetable that does not keep well, except frozen. In New Caledonia cassava is not processed.