Almond
Holds the land all year
No figures for your district: its government crop records list no area or yield for this crop.
No price yet to estimate income
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 9/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough in a normal year. Keep one irrigation ready for a dry year.
Needs about 740 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 800 mm it can use in a normal year, and 660 mm in a dry year.
Temperature
Grows best at 12–35 °C on average, and survives 10–40 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 29 °C / 18 °C
- Jul 26 °C / 18 °C
- Aug 25 °C / 17 °C
- Sep 25 °C / 16 °C
- Oct 23 °C / 12 °C
- Nov 19 °C / 7 °C
- Dec 15 °C / 4 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 11 °C / 2 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 14 °C / 5 °C (outside its best range)
- Mar 19 °C / 8 °C
- Apr 24 °C / 12 °C
- May 28 °C / 16 °C
- Jun 29 °C / 18 °C
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Almond: 9 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: sulphur, zinc, iron and 3 more.
- The pH here suits it.
- Many fields here are short of potassium, which it needs a lot.
Likes pH 6.5–7.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 1.3 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).
A new planting gives its first real harvest after about 4 years. The money here is for plants already bearing.
No mandi or support price for this crop yet.