Almond
Holds the land all year
No figures for your district: its government crop records list no area or yield for this crop.
Only with irrigation: rain gives too little of its water to count on
- Doesn't suit: Too dry without irrigation
- Doesn't suit: Winters are too warm for it to fruit
- Suits: Soil 9/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Too dry to grow on rain alone. It would need irrigation.
Needs about 1,220 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 610 mm it can use in a normal year, and 410 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 38 °C / 27 °C
- Jul 34 °C / 27 °C
- Aug 33 °C / 27 °C
- Sep 33 °C / 26 °C
- Oct 32 °C / 22 °C
- Nov 29 °C / 15 °C
- Dec 25 °C / 10 °C
- Jan 23 °C / 9 °C
- Feb 27 °C / 13 °C
- Mar 34 °C / 17 °C
- Apr 39 °C / 23 °C
- May 40 °C / 26 °C
- Jun 38 °C / 27 °C
It needs a cold winter to flower: a coldest month averaging 12 °C or less. Here the coldest month averages 16 °C.
Soil
Soil for Almond: 9 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
- Many fields here are short of boron, which it needs a lot.
Likes pH 6.5–7.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 6.2 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).
A new planting gives its first real harvest after about 4 years. The money here is for plants already bearing.
Rain gives it too little of the water it needs, so there's no income figure on rain alone: grow it only with irrigation.
No mandi or support price for this crop yet.