Taro, Songe
(colocasia esculenta)
- Type of vegetable : leaves, underground organs
- Optimum growth pH range: 5.5-6.5
- Optimal growth temperature range : 25-29°C
- Organic matter requirements :
- Rooting :
- Special requirements : likes high temperatures. Very well suited to Mayotte.
- Seed characteristics
- Seeding depth : 50 mm
- Line spacing : 80 - 100 cm
- Interplant : 50 - 60 cm
- Remarks : In intensive pure culture, 50X50 can be applied. Planting of shoots or apical portions of corms.
- Duration of the crop cycle under optimal growing conditions
Nursery | Field |
Pollination at commercial maturity |
- | 175-300 d | - |
- Optimal storage conditions
Temperatures | Relative humidity | Average shelf life |
7-10°C | 85-90% | 4 months |