Welcome to Tapioca

Land preparation
Planting
	Use of Improved Tapioca Varieties
	Planting periods
	Soil improvement
	Planting
	Spacings
Crop Care
Harvesting
Farm Mechanization

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Planting Periods

           The farmers can choose planting periods as follows :

           *Toward the end of the rainy season from November to January, or
           *At the beginning of the rainy season from February to April

Planting toward the end of the rainy season will likely result in slower growth, because of the lack of rain during the dry season. It is recommended to plant in sandy soils and sandy loam and not in clayey soils. Tapioca roots, if grown at the end of the rainy season, are relatively large but less numerous, when compared with the case in which tapioca is grown at the beginning of the rainy season. When harvested at the age of 12 months, tapioca will be very much in demand, and the starch content is high. This will bring better prices of tapioca among growers.

In addition, planting at the end of the rainy season helps reduce the cost of herbicide and also minimize soil loss from probable possible erosion as a result of water run-on over the sloppy land.

Harvesting tapioca roots in summer.
If planted at the end of the rainy
season, the yield is high

Roots are large with highstarch content,
when grown at the
end of the rainy season

Soil conditions after planting at
The beginning of the rainy season

Roots are numerous, when the
tapioca is planted in the beginning
of the rainy season. There are
many layers of the roots

Source : Faculty of Agriculture
Kasetsart University

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