Almond

Water

Too dry to grow on rain alone. It would need irrigation.

Needs about 1,190 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 610 mm it can use in a normal year, and 440 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 36 °C / 26 °C
• Jul 33 °C / 26 °C
• Aug 33 °C / 26 °C
• Sep 33 °C / 26 °C
• Oct 32 °C / 22 °C
• Nov 29 °C / 15 °C
• Dec 24 °C / 10 °C
• Jan 22 °C / 9 °C
• Feb 27 °C / 12 °C
• Mar 33 °C / 16 °C
• Apr 38 °C / 22 °C
• May 38 °C / 25 °C
• Jun 36 °C / 26 °C

It needs a cold winter to flower: a coldest month averaging 12 °C or less. Here the coldest month averages 15 °C.

Soil

Soil for Almond: 9 out of 10 (good).

• The pH here suits it.
• Most fields here are short of nitrogen.

Likes pH 6.5–7.0.

Money

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.