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To grow broccoli in containers, choose a deep pot with good drainage, fill it with nutrient-rich soil, and plant broccoli seedlings about 18 inches apart. Place the container in a sunny spot ...
The Chinese yam's growing cycle spans approximately one year, and should be planted between winter and spring. The traditional methods growing it are: using smaller tubers, top cut of bigger tubers or through cuttings of branches. The first two methods can produce 20 cm (7.8 in) long tubers and above.
Dioscorea bulbifera (commonly known as the air potato, air yam, bitter yam, cheeky yam, potato yam, [2] aerial yam, [3] and parsnip yam [4]) is a species of true yam in the yam family, Dioscoreaceae. It is native to Africa, Asia and northern Australia. [ 1 ]
Yam is an important dietary element for Nigerian and West African people. It contributes more than 200 calories per person per day for more than 150 million people in West Africa, and is an important source of income. Yam is an attractive crop in poor farms with limited resources. It is rich in starch, and can be prepared in many ways.
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Dioscorea cayenensis subsp. rotundata, commonly known as the white yam, West African yam, [1] Guinea yam, or white ñame, is a subspecies [2] of yam native to Africa. It is one of the most important cultivated yams. [3] Kokoro is one of its most important cultivars. It is sometimes treated as separate species from Dioscorea cayenensis. [1]
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Dioscorea alata – also called ube (/ ˈ uː b ɛ,-b eɪ /), ubi, purple yam, or greater yam, among many other names – is a species of yam (a tuber). The tubers are usually a vivid violet - purple to bright lavender in color (hence the common name), but some range in color from cream to plain white.