How long does it take to grow cassava? Here’s its detailed growth cycle.

🕒Cassava, also called yucca, is an essential tropical crop with slow but steady growth:

🔹Month 0:

Planting by cuttings — a piece of stem is inserted into the soil.

🔹Month 1:

Appearance of the first leaves and roots — vegetative growth begins.

🔹Month 2:

Beginning of the formation of storage roots — the future edible roots.

🔹Month 5:

The roots thicken, accumulating starch and energy.

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