Jicama

Pachyrhizus erosus

vegetable☀️ full-sun🪴 loam📏 medium🌡️ RHS H1b

📋Quick Facts

Water

💧💧 Average watering

Hardiness

Zone 10-12

About

Warm climate root with crisp sweet flesh; only the root is eaten.

Top tip

Warm-season crop; give a long frost-free season and harvest roots once vines begin to die back.

Also known as: Jicama, Jícama, Pachyrhizus erosus, yam bean

Pest Resilience

4/5 — Good resilience

Few pest issues in temperate climates; generally robust.

Companion Planting

Grows well with

Sweetcorn Courgette Sunflower

Keep apart from

Fennel bulb

Visual Characteristics

🍳

Culinary

Culinary Use

Salads, stir-fries, slaws, with lime and chilli, salsas, spring rolls

The jicama year in your garden

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What to do now

How to Propagate

🌰Seed

Easy

Hardiness Zones

H1a (tender)H7 (very hardy)

H1a

H1b

H1c

RHS H1b

USDA 11–12 equivalent

Jicama

Jicama

📋Quick Facts

About

Pest Resilience

Companion Planting

Visual Characteristics

The jicama year in your garden

How to Propagate

Hardiness Zones

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