Climate

• Intolerant to frost and excessively high temperatures.
• Temperature - 30ºC
• Rainfall - 120-200 cm
• For satisfactory tuber formation it requires
  • Day length greater than 12 hours -Initial stages
  • Shorter day length - Later part of the growing season

Soil

• Loose, deep, well-drained, fertile soil
• Does not come up well in waterlogged conditions.

Season

• Normal planting time - March-April (later part of the dry season)