Cassava: Sowing, planting and harvest calendar
How do you sow cassava under cover?
This calendar concerns sowing true botanical seed of cassava, Manihot esculenta. The usual propagation method for root production is stem cuttings. Seeds are used especially in breeding and produce variable offspring that may not retain the parent plant’s characteristics. Obtain identified, viable seed with germination instructions rather than treating every seed lot as identical. Keep its source recorded so you can follow the seedlings.
Prepare clean pots with drainage holes, deep enough for young roots, and a light, free-draining seed mix. Moisten it, then sow without crowding at the depth specified for the lot. Label origin and date. Maintain stable warmth and even moisture without standing water. Dormancy can make emergence uneven; do not apply one fixed interval or pretreatment to every seed.
Once seedlings appear, provide plenty of light and ventilate the shelter without exposing them to cold. Prick out carefully if crowded, preserving the roots. Reaching fifteen centimetres does not by itself justify moving outdoors: cassava needs consistently warm conditions and is frost-sensitive. Follow each seed-grown plant separately because its development may differ from the others. Keep protection available while the plants establish.
How do you plant cassava?
How do you harvest cassava?
