Yam
Tuber
Scientific name:
Dioscorea spp.
Ideal temperature range for growing:
24 – 29°C
Months to sow seeds:
October, November, December
Typical germination period:
14-21 days
Typical harvest range:
17 – 21 weeks
119 – 147 days
General spacing requirements:
30 cm
Tips, tricks and useful information
Yams are frost tender and so they need to be planted when the risk of frost has passed around October-November, and harvested in autumn, early winter after the first frost has knocked the tops and they start to die down.