Growth Requirements

General Climate Required

• Needs a long, hot growing season, maturing at 150 days from transplant
• If growing jicama for its edible root, it is best grown in Hawaii, zones H1 & H2
• Mainly ornamental in zones:
  • 8
  • 9
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • 18-24
• In Southern California it will produce some poor-quality roots
• In Northern California, you will get only foliage & flowers

Seasonality

• Plant in late spring, after last frost
• roots enlarge in fall as days begin to grow shorter, but it still needs warmth to produce a good crop
• Maturity: 150 days

Yield

• each vine yields one edible root from 1 to 6 pounds
• the tap root will get to about 6 inches square

Air Temperature

• jicama needs long warm growing season
• needs a lot of heat

Light Requirements

• Full sun

Soil Conditions

• jicama needs rich soil
• very high nitrogen needs

Sources

Footnote	KSC	SWGB	WIKI
Title	True Jicama Seed #222	Sunset Western Garden Book	Pachyrhizus erosus
Author(s)	Kitazawa Seed Co.	Kathleen Brenzel	Wikipedia
Buy Now	Seed packet containing 20-25 seeds: $3.49
Copywrite	2011	8th Edition, 2007	2011