When is the best time to plant taro? Can you still eat it if it sprouts green shoots?

How much do you know about taro, and would you like to learn more about it? This is very beneficial for friends who love eating taro, because many people are afraid that eating sprouted taro will poison them just like potatoes. So can sprouted taro be eaten or not? Can it still be eaten once it has grown green shoots?

Actually, it can be eaten, and it is not bad for the body either. When taro is pulled out of the field, it has already sprouted long ago; it is just that farmers generally sell the stems and leaves of the taro separately from the taro itself, and you should also be able to see on the taro the place where leaves originally grew. Moreover, taro is different from potatoes and will not poison you.

On the market, we generally see taro available only after late autumn, so when is taro planted? When is the best time to plant taro? Taro can be sown and planted at the end of winter and the beginning of spring, because taro has a very long growth cycle, roughly around 240 days to 270 days.