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
- Doesn't suit: Too dry without irrigation
- Needs care: Cool in August
- Not known: No soil score
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Too dry to grow on rain alone. It would need irrigation.
Needs about 1,080 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 570 mm it can use in a normal year, and 490 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 39 °C / 27 °C
- Jul 34 °C / 26 °C
- Aug 33 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
- Sep 33 °C / 24 °C (outside its best range)
- Oct 31 °C / 18 °C (outside its best range)
- Nov 26 °C / 11 °C (outside its best range)
- Dec 21 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 18 °C / 6 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 22 °C / 10 °C (outside its best range)
- Mar 28 °C / 14 °C (outside its best range)
- Apr 34 °C / 19 °C (outside its best range)
- May 39 °C / 24 °C
- Jun 39 °C / 27 °C
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
No soil score here: the soil tests don't say enough about nitrogen, phosphorus or potassium.
Likes pH 6.0–7.5.
Money
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.