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
Blooming Seasons | - Spring flowers
- Summer flowers
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Climate | - Mediterranean Climate
- Subtropics Climate
- Temperate Climate
- Tropics Climate
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Harvest Season | - Autumn Harvest
- Summer Harvest
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Ornamental parts | - Ornamental flower
- Ornamental leaves
- Ornamental plant
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Plant life-form | - Geophyte
- Herbaceous
- Legumes
- Vine
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Plant Uses | - Edible plants
- Ground fixing plants
- Hedging plants
- Medical uses
- Ornamental plants
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Planting Season | - Autumn Planting
- Spring Planting
- Summer planting
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Plants sun exposure | |
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Watering plants | - Big amount of water
- Regularly water
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Hardiness zone | - Hardiness zone 10
- Hardiness zone 11
- Hardiness zone 12
- Hardiness zone 13
- Hardiness zone 7
- Hardiness zone 8
- Hardiness zone 9
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