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 8/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Too dry to grow on rain alone. It would need irrigation.
Needs about 1,310 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 660 mm it can use in a normal year, and 580 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 39 °C / 27 °C
- Jul 32 °C / 24 °C
- Aug 30 °C / 24 °C
- Sep 31 °C / 23 °C
- Oct 33 °C / 20 °C
- Nov 30 °C / 15 °C
- Dec 27 °C / 11 °C
- Jan 25 °C / 10 °C
- Feb 29 °C / 13 °C
- Mar 34 °C / 18 °C
- Apr 40 °C / 23 °C
- May 43 °C / 27 °C
- Jun 39 °C / 27 °C
It needs a cold winter to flower: a coldest month averaging 12 °C or less. Here the coldest month averages 17 °C.
Soil
Soil for Almond: 8 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
- Many fields here are short of potassium, which it needs a lot.
- Many fields here are short of zinc, which it needs a lot.
- 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.