Almond

Water

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

Needs about 1,200 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 430 mm it can use in a normal year, and 370 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 35 °C / 26 °C
• Aug 33 °C / 26 °C
• Sep 33 °C / 24 °C
• Oct 33 °C / 19 °C
• Nov 28 °C / 13 °C
• Dec 23 °C / 8 °C
• Jan 21 °C / 7 °C
• Feb 25 °C / 11 °C
• Mar 31 °C / 15 °C
• Apr 37 °C / 21 °C
• May 40 °C / 25 °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 14 °C.

Soil

Soil for Almond: 8 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 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.