Growing Taro, also Dasheen, cocoyam

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Not recommended for growing in New Zealand - cool/mountain regions

Plant small pieces of tuber or suckers, 5-8cm deep. Best planted at soil temperatures between 68°F and 95°F. (Show °C/cm)
Space plants: 31 inches apart
Harvest in approximately 28 weeks. When the leaves begin to die down. .
Compatible with (can grow beside): Best in separate bed

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01 Feb 21, Donna (New Zealand - temperate climate): Hi there can you tell me please where I can buy edible taro plants ? I live in feilding
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02 Feb 21, (New Zealand - temperate climate): Try seed selling companies.
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12 Jul 21, Elsa Keyte (New Zealand - temperate climate): Hi. Do Taro prefer a firm base or can a well worked garden be ok? Many thanks Elsa & Graham Keyte
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21 Jul 21, (New Zealand - cool/mountain climate): Good deep soil if growing a root crop.
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23 Sep 21, Daniel Faleolo (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate): Looking at planting maori taro to introduce to our whanau and hapu for food. Looking at a medium scale operation. Where can I source taro? What recipes are available for taro? What nutrition value of taro grown in NZ? Looking at 200> operation
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28 Sep 21, Anon (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate): Ring your agricultural department about growing it.
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04 Apr 22, T.Tau (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate): When do i cut all my leaves back, or do i leave some leave on??
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08 Apr 22, (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate): Maybe just cut the dead ones off.
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