Potato
📍 MauritiusClick a numbered marker on the plant to explore each life-cycle stage — or read the key dates on the right.
Roots & seed establish first. Sow in at .
Leaves & stem drive the vegetative stage over .
Flowering falls mid-cycle between sowing () and harvest (). Keep stress low here.
Fruit/grain matures — harvest around .
Where Potato grows in Mauritius
Central Plateau (Interior inlands)
Almost flat to rolling,Moderately steep at places. Altitude ( 275 - 400 m). So Soil type varies along coastal areas LRP/ LHL/HL/HFL, Annual rainfall varies between 2400 mm to 4000mm. Minimum temperature15°C and Maximum temperature 30°C. Land is suitable for mixed cropping and foodcrops.
Inlands
Flat to almost flat and gently endulating. Altitude ( 100 - 275). Soil type varies according to regions and consist of HL / MSC /LBF and rigosoles.Annual rainfall are between 1250 - 2400mm. Minimum temperature15°C and Maximum temperature 30°C. Land is suitable for mixed cropping and foodcrops. Sugar cane plantations predominant.
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