The plant is monoecious with flowers appearing in some cultivar about six months after shoot emergence. The white or occasionally yellow starch-filled flesh of the root is crisp like an Irish potato. No named varieties are currently known in southern Florida. Senorita was locally popular in the 1980s and attempts were made to promote the Brazilian variety Mantiqueira at the same time because it was able to produce high yields even with high rootknot nematode levels. The range of local genopytes covers a few unnamed clones that have been imported from various Caribbean basin countries.
Federal regulations prohibit further importation of cuttings or botanical seed.
Normally, the planting is done in the early spring due to slow early growth and susceptibility to frost. Since the unrooted cuttings are sensitive to water loss, the field should be irrigated soon after planting. O in a band along the planted row one to two months after planting. O by banding them on the side of the bed four months after planting as a layby. Specific fertilizer recommendations for rockdale soils are not available due to lack of a reliable and readily available soil analysis procedure for this soil type.