Cattail vs Giant Swamp Taro
Both are Aquatic. 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.
Cattail
Giant Swamp Taro
| Measure | Cattail | Giant Swamp Taro |
|---|---|---|
| Season | Perennial | Perennial |
| Sowing window | Mar–Apr | Jun–Jul |
| Days to harvest | 12–18 mo | 18–24 mo |
| Spacing | 60 × 60 cm | 150 × 150 cm |
| Soil pH | 5.5–7.5 | 5.5–7.0 |
| Water | Marshy | Marshy |
| Temperature °C | 15–32 | 22–32 |
| Seed rate | Rhizomes | Suckers |
| Yield | 20–30 t | 20–35 t |
| Watch for | Borer, leaf spot | Leaf blight, corm rot |