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 10/10
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 320 mm it can use in a normal year, and 250 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 31 °C / 22 °C
- Jul 28 °C / 21 °C
- Aug 28 °C / 21 °C
- Sep 29 °C / 21 °C
- Oct 30 °C / 20 °C
- Nov 30 °C / 18 °C
- Dec 30 °C / 16 °C
- Jan 31 °C / 17 °C
- Feb 33 °C / 18 °C
- Mar 36 °C / 21 °C
- Apr 37 °C / 23 °C
- May 35 °C / 23 °C
- Jun 31 °C / 22 °C
It needs a cold winter to flower: a coldest month averaging 12 °C or less. Here the coldest month averages 23 °C.
Soil
Soil for Almond: 10 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: salt.
- The pH here suits it.
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.