Irrigation is applied about three weeks before planting to germinate weeds, which are then treated with contact herbicides. Planting is carried out in wet soil, with each plant being placed directly adjacent to a dripper. The plants should be handled very carefully so that the delicate root system remains intact. Drip irrigation which is buried in the third year of the plantation is recommended. Irrigation is applied daily in the first month and then every week in sandy soil and once in two to three weeks during the summer.
Fertilizer is applied with the irrigation water, mainly nitrogen phosphate and potassium.
The most serious problem in the two first years of the plantations are weeds. Timing of the first significant yields depends on the clone planted. Other clones may have harvestable yields on their fourth year. Harvesting is done from the ground in late summer after most of the seeds have fallen onto the soil. Seeds may be collected manually or by machines.