White groundnuts are sweet potatoes, sweet potatoes edible part of the fat tuber, its skin is thin and tough, white flesh, tender and crispy, sweet and juicy, eat without dregs, and a slight smell of beans, raw or cooked food has a thirst, cool to remove heat, detoxification of alcohol, lowering blood pressure and other effects.

Originally distributed in tropical America, China Taiwan, Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan, Guangxi, Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou distribution; Hunan and Hubei and other places are cultivated. Jicama like warm, sunny environment, strong resistance, drought, flooding, barren and other characteristics of the soil requirements are not strict, to deep topsoil, high dry sandy loam with medium fertility is appropriate.

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Soybean like warm, sunny environment, like high temperature, not cold. Growth temperature 20-30 ℃, fleshy root expansion period temperature 20-25 ℃, flowering and seed requirements of high temperature, the seeds need 7-8 months to mature. The root system is developed, with strong resistance, drought, flood, barren and other characteristics, the soil requirements are not strict, with deep topsoil, high dry sandy loam with medium fertility is appropriate.

Clay soil is poor root development, rough skin, fiber. The growth of tuberous roots need appropriate nitrogen fertilizer and more phosphorus and potassium fertilizer, too much nitrogen fertilizer often caused by the vine leaves in vain, fleshy roots are not easy to hypertrophy.

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