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kūmara Kūmara Ipomoea batatas

Kūmara has been planted 2 times by Growstuff members.

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Predictions

Annual

living and reproducing in a single year or less

Median lifespan

25 weeks

First harvest expected

24 weeks after planting

Last harvest expected

25 weeks after planting

Photos

Kūmara crops

Kūmara plantings

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IMG_20191209_084621
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IMG_20161113_173151
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IMG_20161113_174029
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IMG_20161204_125549
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Kumara
Kumara
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Kūmara harvests

three giant kumara
three giant kumara
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Kūmara
Kūmara
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Kūmara harvest
Kūmara harvest
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Kūmara
Kūmara
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Sunniness

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Crop Map

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What people are saying about kūmara

harvesting the bigger kūmara

by shiny,

We've just harvested the kūmara. It needs a warm summer, and this was the first summer we've grown it in a raised garden bed instead of a bag.

At first, I thought it was a failure. I poked around the roots and found nothing. We pull out the…

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Taewa (Pre-european potato)

by shiny,

Generally, "Taewa" is the term used for potatoes that have been in New Zealand since before 1800, and cultivated by Maori people - but the word can be used for all potatoes.

The kūmara is a distant cousin of the potato. Both the taewa and …

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Indigenous plants

by shiny,

I've been growing several indigenous plants recently. Theres a miro tree that will eventually have berries. I've added karaka tawa, and hīnau to the growstuff database too, as these were (and are) food sources for the people living here for centuries…

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How to grow kūmara

Grown for: tuber (1) whole plant (1)


kūmara is a variety of sweet potato

Scientific names

Ipomoea batatas

Alternate names

kumara

Kūmara harvests

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