Planting Cassava

Cassava is not as delicate as other plants. It can be planted almost anywhere with ample supply of water and sunlight. It also needs very little care, and can even grow without any. But if you want better results, follow the planting procedure below.

1.        Make a planting bed. Cultivate the soil in the area you have chosen to plant your cassava. Remove weeds from the bed and water it everyday to let remaining weeds grow. Once they start growing, remove them. Do this continuously until you are sure that there are no more weeds lurking in the coarse soil of your planting bed. As you know, weeding from a growing plantling is dangerous. You might be able to remove the small roots that starting to sprout out from the plant.

2.        Prepare the cassava. Look for a good cassava stalk to use a planting source. Cut this stalk in as many portions as you can make from it. A good planting portion should be 8 to 10 inches.

3.        Planting the cassava. Make slits or planting cuts on the soil of your planting bed. Insert the cassava into that ‘soil cut’ until the inner end reaches a deeper area. That should be good enough.

4.        Nurturing your plant. After a day, small cassava leaves should come out from around the stalk portion. Cultivate the soil that’s inches from the plant.

5.        Watering the plant. The reason why you should plant cassava in an exposed soil area of your lawn or backyard is that they need plenty of water and sunlight. If there are many things that prevent them from getting what they need, their growth will not be as good as you want them to be. Trim other plants or trees that prevent sunlight from penetrating into the plant and soil, and water them everyday. If properly nourished, you will be able to harvest your planted cassava after a month or so.