Potato and Tuber Crops

Season

• It has a wide range of seasonal adaptability.
• In general, it is a summer crop in hills and a winter crop in plains.
• In Gangetic plains, sowing season is extended from mid September to mid January for about four months.
• In Punjab and Western UP, two crops in succession are taken in same land, first in September- October and second in December — January.
• In Nilgiri hills, when winter temperatures are not too low, three crops are raised in succession by planting in April, August and January.