Bael
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
- Needs care: Risky: 7 irrigations short
- Needs care: Cool in July
- Suits: Soil 9/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain falls about 7 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.
Needs about 990 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 680 mm it can use in a normal year, and 580 mm in a dry year.
Temperature
Grows best at 30–42 °C on average, and survives 5–49 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 37 °C / 25 °C
- Jul 32 °C / 24 °C (outside its best range)
- Aug 31 °C / 24 °C (outside its best range)
- Sep 31 °C / 22 °C (outside its best range)
- Oct 29 °C / 17 °C (outside its best range)
- Nov 24 °C / 12 °C (outside its best range)
- Dec 20 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 17 °C / 6 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 21 °C / 10 °C (outside its best range)
- Mar 26 °C / 14 °C (outside its best range)
- Apr 32 °C / 19 °C (outside its best range)
- May 36 °C / 24 °C
- Jun 37 °C / 25 °C
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Bael: 9 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: sulphur, zinc, iron and 3 more.
- The pH here suits it.
- Many fields here are short of potassium, which it needs a lot.
Likes pH 6.0–7.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 28 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).
A new planting gives its first real harvest after about 5 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.