Sowing months
Jun–Aug
Sunlight
Full sun
Water
Weekly
Mature size
Trailing 2–3 m
First harvest
Tubers at 4 months
Family
Convolvulaceae
Where it grows
ground, terrace
Good for
food
Sow in
monsoon
Care
Grow from vine cuttings, not from the tuber itself.
Ground cover, greens and tubers from a few cuttings pushed into soil.
Growing it
Grow from vine cuttings, not from the tuber itself.
What it is for
Shakarkandi tubers; the young leaves are a good saag.