![]() Keep the growing medium moist but not wet, check it regularly and after a few weeks the tupu should appear. The box can then be kept in a greenhouse or tunnel house for extra warmth and also covered with a sheet of glass or plastic. ![]() Bury the kumara, spread out and not touching each other. They need warmth to sprout so if you are in a colder area or just want them to get going quickly then putting a layer of horse manure and then grass clippings at the bottom of the box will provide bottom heat as it rots down, a layer of sand is then needed, and then a thick layer of silty/sandy loam or of sand mixed with a little potting mix. ![]() We usually put 2 or 3 of each variety into our tāpapa bed which means the bed is quite large but if you want to have a go at growing a few for yourself you just need a deep wooden box. When sorting the previous years crop we selected a number of good, healthy tubers of each variety and wrapped them individually in newspaper to store them. A tāpapa bed is a kind of nursery bed for growing the tupu or shoots (also known as ‘slips’) that will be planted out. ![]() The kumara growing season starts when we plant our tāpapa bed in August. ![]()
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