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Vegetable

Potato

📍 Uganda

Click a numbered marker on the plant to explore each life-cycle stage — or read the key dates on the right.

1 2 3 4 5
Sow Harvest
Sow
Mar – Aug
Harvest
May – Dec
Growing period
75 - 100 days
Seeding rate
2.6 tubers/ha
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Harvest — this part of the plant

Roots & seed establish first. Sow in at .

Leaves & stem drive the vegetative stage over .

Flowering falls mid-cycle between sowing () and harvest (). Keep stress low here.

Fruit/grain matures — harvest around .

Local note

Based on similar agro-ecological conditions in another country — confirm with local extension.
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Where Potato grows in Uganda

hill mountain

Eastern Highlands

Eastern, covering the ranges of Mt Elgon with rainfall over 1400 mm, altitude between 1,300 - 3, 600 M, with mostly rich volcanic soils

hill mountain

Lake Albert Crescent

In the west, areas around L.Albert to the east and south, variable rainfall from 800 - 1,400 mm, altitude ranges from 620 - 1,585 M, generally flat with undulating hills. Soils are good to moderate

hill mountain

Lake Victoria Crescent

Covering the central area in the county around L.Victoria. Average rainfall of 1,200-1,450 mm, altitude ranges from 1,000-1,800 M, hilly and flat areas, some with wetlands and forest. Soils good to moderate

hill mountain

South Western Highlands

South west; mountanious areas of Mt. Muhavura. Rainfall over 1400 mm, altitude of 1,300 - 3,960 M with mostly volcanic rich soils

hill mountain

West Nile Farming System

North western, generally flat with undulating hills, average rainfall range of 1340 - 1370 mm, altitude from 350 - 1,340 M, moderate to goodsoils

hill mountain

Western Range Lands

Mid western Uganda, average rainfall of 915 - 1020 mm, altitude ranges from 600 - 1,524 M, rolling hills with some flat areas, soils are moderate to poor

hill mountain

Eastern Highlands

Eastern, covering the ranges of Mt Elgon with rainfall over 1400 mm, altitude between 1,300 - 3, 600 M, with mostly rich volcanic soils

hill mountain

Lake Albert Crescent

In the west, areas around L.Albert to the east and south, variable rainfall from 800 - 1,400 mm, altitude ranges from 620 - 1,585 M, generally flat with undulating hills. Soils are good to moderate

hill mountain

Lake Victoria Crescent

Covering the central area in the county around L.Victoria. Average rainfall of 1,200-1,450 mm, altitude ranges from 1,000-1,800 M, hilly and flat areas, some with wetlands and forest. Soils good to moderate

hill mountain

South Western Highlands

South west; mountanious areas of Mt. Muhavura. Rainfall over 1400 mm, altitude of 1,300 - 3,960 M with mostly volcanic rich soils

hill mountain

West Nile Farming System

North western, generally flat with undulating hills, average rainfall range of 1340 - 1370 mm, altitude from 350 - 1,340 M, moderate to goodsoils

hill mountain

Western Range Lands

Mid western Uganda, average rainfall of 915 - 1020 mm, altitude ranges from 600 - 1,524 M, rolling hills with some flat areas, soils are moderate to poor

hill mountain

Eastern Highlands

Eastern, covering the ranges of Mt Elgon with rainfall over 1400 mm, altitude between 1,300 - 3, 600 M, with mostly rich volcanic soils

hill mountain

Lake Albert Crescent

In the west, areas around L.Albert to the east and south, variable rainfall from 800 - 1,400 mm, altitude ranges from 620 - 1,585 M, generally flat with undulating hills. Soils are good to moderate

hill mountain

Lake Victoria Crescent

Covering the central area in the county around L.Victoria. Average rainfall of 1,200-1,450 mm, altitude ranges from 1,000-1,800 M, hilly and flat areas, some with wetlands and forest. Soils good to moderate

hill mountain

South Western Highlands

South west; mountanious areas of Mt. Muhavura. Rainfall over 1400 mm, altitude of 1,300 - 3,960 M with mostly volcanic rich soils

hill mountain

West Nile Farming System

North western, generally flat with undulating hills, average rainfall range of 1340 - 1370 mm, altitude from 350 - 1,340 M, moderate to goodsoils

hill mountain

Western Range Lands

Mid western Uganda, average rainfall of 915 - 1020 mm, altitude ranges from 600 - 1,524 M, rolling hills with some flat areas, soils are moderate to poor

hill mountain

Eastern Highlands

Eastern, covering the ranges of Mt Elgon with rainfall over 1400 mm, altitude between 1,300 - 3, 600 M, with mostly rich volcanic soils

hill mountain

Lake Albert Crescent

In the west, areas around L.Albert to the east and south, variable rainfall from 800 - 1,400 mm, altitude ranges from 620 - 1,585 M, generally flat with undulating hills. Soils are good to moderate

hill mountain

Lake Victoria Crescent

Covering the central area in the county around L.Victoria. Average rainfall of 1,200-1,450 mm, altitude ranges from 1,000-1,800 M, hilly and flat areas, some with wetlands and forest. Soils good to moderate

hill mountain

South Western Highlands

South west; mountanious areas of Mt. Muhavura. Rainfall over 1400 mm, altitude of 1,300 - 3,960 M with mostly volcanic rich soils

hill mountain

West Nile Farming System

North western, generally flat with undulating hills, average rainfall range of 1340 - 1370 mm, altitude from 350 - 1,340 M, moderate to goodsoils

hill mountain

Western Range Lands

Mid western Uganda, average rainfall of 915 - 1020 mm, altitude ranges from 600 - 1,524 M, rolling hills with some flat areas, soils are moderate to poor

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