Will NPK cause Cocoyam to rot?

[Donk]

Hello. Please I want to be sure of what a woman told me. She said I shud not apppy npk to the cocoyams i planted. Ghat they will rot. How true?

[Henlus]

Big lie she told you. Probably out of ignorance.

[Donk]

Big lie she told you. Probably out of ignorance.

No wonder. Village women and superstition. Thanks.

[The Farmer]

Not true. But to prevent excessive leaf growth at the expense of tubers, you have to make sunlight to reach the roots by marching down or flattening the stems