Wide planting rows are recommended to aid crop management in future years as the rows expand outwards. Flower bud harvesting is easier to manage on the edge of the plant mass. Research on row width and crop management to achieve sustainable high yields is in progress and, together with greater grower experience, it is expected that knowledge about growing systems will evolve still further. There are no herbicides registered for use on myoga. Sawdust mulch is needed in the second year as part of picking management, and one way of controllingweeds is to apply sawdust mulch over the rows at establishment and use glyphosate between the rows and as a winter clean up spray when the crop is dormant.
Information is limited on the fertiliser and water requirements of myoga.
The crop grows vigorously on fertile, Waikato volcanic ash soils with minimum fertiliser inputs but information is lacking for other areas. Irrigation should be applied in summer to myoga on water- deficient soils. It is likely that irrigation may enhance flower bud size as the buds mature. Yield Myoga flower buds are picked before they emerge above the surface from the underground shoots, turn green and the flower petals open. To facilitate picking, a 10-15 cm layer of sawdust is used to provide an easy substrate in which to locate and pick the buds.