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
- Needs care: Risky: 4 irrigations short
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 9/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain falls about 4 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.
Needs about 670 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 480 mm it can use in a normal year, and 350 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 28 °C / 16 °C
- Jul 29 °C / 18 °C
- Aug 28 °C / 17 °C
- Sep 27 °C / 13 °C
- Oct 23 °C / 7 °C
- Nov 17 °C / 2 °C (outside its best range)
- Dec 10 °C / -2 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 7 °C / -3 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 10 °C / 0 °C (outside its best range)
- Mar 16 °C / 4 °C (outside its best range)
- Apr 21 °C / 9 °C
- May 25 °C / 12 °C
- Jun 28 °C / 16 °C
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Almond: 9 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
- Many fields here are short of zinc, which it needs a lot.
- Many fields here are short of boron, which it needs a lot.
- Most fields here are short of iron.
Likes pH 6.5–7.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 8.4 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.
On rain alone it gets about 71% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 71% of this yield.
No mandi or support price for this crop yet.
How to make it work
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Short of zinc Your soil is likely short of zinc.
Mix 10 kg of zinc sulphate per acre into the soil before sowing. One dose lasts two or three seasons.
Few local farmers add it to this crop, so it's an easy place to get ahead.
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Short of iron Your soil is likely short of iron.
Spray ferrous sulphate, 5 g per litre of water, when young leaves turn yellow.
Few local farmers add it to this crop, so it's an easy place to get ahead.
What local farmers put on it (share of fields):
- Urea 100%
- Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) 99%
- Muriate of Potash (MOP) 83%
- Calcium Ammonium Nitrate 15%