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Vegetable

Potato

📍 Mauritius

Click a numbered marker on the plant to explore each life-cycle stage — or read the key dates on the right.

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Sow Harvest
Sow
Jul – Aug
Harvest
Oct – Nov
Growing period
90 - 100 days
Seeding rate
2.5 - 3.0 tubers/ha
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Harvest — this part of the plant

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 .

Local note

Based on similar agro-ecological conditions in another country — confirm with local extension.
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Where Potato grows in Mauritius

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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.

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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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