How to grow Jicama growing and care:
Frost free, trellising
What is the best way to start growing?
Plant / Seed / Tuber / Vegetative Reproduction
Is it necessary to graft or use vegetative reproduction?
No but possible
Difficulties or problems when growing:
Flooded, take a lot of place for the yield that it gives
Planting season:
Spring ( as annual) Spring to autumn (as perennial)
Pests and diseases:
?
Pruning season:
Winter
How to prune:
Better not to prune because it grows for the bulb
Size of the plant?
3-5 m, 10-15 feet
Growth speed in optimal condition:
Fast growing
Water requirement:
Average amount of water / Big amount of water
Light conditions in optimal condition for growing:
Full Sun
Is it possible to grow indoor as houseplant?
No
Growing is also possible in a planter /flowerpot / containers:
Yes
Blooming information
Bloom season:
Spring / Summer
General information about the flower
White or blue flowers
Thinning the bloom:
Recommend to thinning all the flower it’s week the bulb
Edible Roots
Information about Jicama bulb:
Yellowish white bulb with light brown shell, usually a cone shape the size usually 0.5 Kg but can be 10 kg
When to pull up Jicama bulb:
Summer / Autumn
Uses of Jicama bulb:
Cooked
Scientific name:
Pachyrhizus erosus
Categories of growing
Planting Season: Autumn Planting, Spring Planting, Summer planting
Light exposure requirements: Full sun Plants
Climates that the plant can grow: Mediterranean Climate, Subtropics Climate, Temperate Climate, Tropics Climate
Growing speed of the plant: Fast growing plants
Plant life-form: Geophyte, Herbaceous, Legumes, Vine
Plant Uses: Edible plants, Ground fixing plants, Hedging plants, Medical uses, Ornamental plants
Requirements for watering the plant: Big amount of water, Regularly water
Hardiness zones: Hardiness zone 10, Hardiness zone 11, Hardiness zone 12, Hardiness zone 13, Hardiness zone 7, Hardiness zone 8, Hardiness zone 9
Ornamental parts: Ornamental flower, Ornamental leaves, Ornamental plant
Leaf color:
Blooming season: Spring flowers, Summer flowers
Flower colors: Blue flower, White flower
Harvest Season: Autumn Harvest, Summer Harvest
Edible Parts: Edible Roots
Culinary uses: Cooked