Cassava

Hi all,
Zone 7-8 USA
I’ve recently gotten into growing Cassava.
I started 10 cuttings in April and harvested 3 in September. My question is how long will cuttings for new plantings keep? I started some of them to see if they’ll survive the winter. I saved one long cutting.

When I see cassava in the feed store for planting it is usually the canes, and they need to be planted before they dry out (week or two, depending on the weather). Are your cuttings rooted in water or in soil (or some other format)?
Whether they will survive in 7-8 is iffy. If I were you and you have some in the ground I would see if you could do like you might with figs, pile up mulch around and try to protect them. You might (might!) get lucky-- I am in 9b, we get frosts but usually warm days, they do just fine. I have a friend maybe one zone cooler and it will only grow in sheltered areas (he gets some crazy winter weather).

I’ll give it a go with the high mulch.
The extra long cutting is not in soil or water.
I think a greenhouse is going to be necessary to keep the growing cycle going.
Thanks for the tips!

Bumping this thread to see if anyone has ever successfully produced *just enough* cassava root in the northern US to make it worth your while.  I realize that it's tropical and down in its more native region needs a long growing season, but has anyone tried to use the long-day/short season warmth of the northern US summer to grow it just long enough to get some tuber out of it before it dies back from frost?  Curious regarding those who may have had experience with this outside of the southern reaches of the US.  Thanks!

I had a really successful crop in Georgia. I bought my cuttings from an ashram in Florida (I don’t remember the name). I started them in my well lit garage in pots in the first week in April. Once they rooted I planted them right in the non amended soil (about 55 percent red clay). They grew like crazy, and I harvested 2’ tubers. They need to grow about a foot to a foot and a half apart to support each other. It was the most beautiful thing to see them growing … the leaves are so beautiful moving in a breeze.