Skip to content
Compare

Asparagus vs Potato

Both are Vegetable. Each axis is a percentile across all 538 crops — 80 means higher than four-fifths of the table. Where an axis is missing, the crop genuinely is not measured that way.

Asparagus Potato

Measure Asparagus Potato
Season Perennial Rabi
Sowing window Feb–Mar Oct–Nov
Days to harvest 2–3 yr 90–120
Spacing 150 × 40 cm 60 × 20 cm
Soil pH 6.5–7.5 5.5–6.5
Water 500–700 450–650
Temperature °C 15–25 15–22
Seed rate Crowns 2.5–3 t tubers
Yield 4–6 t 25–35 t
Watch for Rust, asparagus beetle Late blight, aphid, tuber moth

Other vegetable comparisons

Crop intelligence

Other vegetable, side by side

Everything in the same group, on the figures that decide what to plant.

Crop Sow Days pH Temp °C Yield
Asparagus Feb–Mar 2–3 yr 6.5–7.5 15–25 4–6 t
Bamboo Shoot Jun–Jul 3–4 yr 5.5–7.0 20–35 8–15 t
Ivy Gourd Jun–Jul 4–6 mo 5.5–7.0 22–35 20–30 t
Pointed Gourd Jun–Jul 4–5 mo 6.0–7.5 22–35 15–25 t
Taro Jun–Jul 6–8 mo 5.5–7.0 21–32 15–25 t
Horseradish Feb–Mar 8–10 mo 6.0–7.5 10–24 8–12 t
Yam (Dioscorea) Apr–May 8–10 mo 5.5–6.5 25–32 20–30 t
Cassava (Tapioca) May–Jun 9–11 mo 5.5–7.0 25–35 25–40 t
Arracacha Jun–Jul 10–12 mo 5.5–6.5 15–22 15–25 t
Arrowroot May–Jun 10–11 mo 5.5–6.5 20–30 15–25 t
Amaranth (Leafy) Feb–Sep 30–45 6.0–7.5 22–32 10–15 t
Arugula Sep–Nov 30–45 6.0–7.0 10–22 8–12 t
Purslane Jun–Jul 30–45 5.5–7.5 20–32 10–15 t
Spinach (Palak) Sep–Feb 35–50 6.0–7.5 15–25 12–18 t

79 more in this list. All 538 crops, with every column → The sowing year →