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
- 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
Rain is enough in a normal year. Keep one irrigation ready for a dry year.
Needs about 1,120 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 1,110 mm it can use in a normal year, and 920 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 34 °C / 27 °C
- Jul 32 °C / 26 °C
- Aug 32 °C / 26 °C
- Sep 32 °C / 26 °C
- Oct 32 °C / 24 °C
- Nov 30 °C / 19 °C
- Dec 26 °C / 14 °C
- Jan 26 °C / 13 °C
- Feb 29 °C / 17 °C
- Mar 33 °C / 21 °C
- Apr 36 °C / 25 °C
- May 36 °C / 26 °C
- Jun 34 °C / 27 °C
It needs a cold winter to flower: a coldest month averaging 12 °C or less. Here the coldest month averages 19 °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.
No mandi or support price for this crop yet.