Bael

Water

Rain falls about 7 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

Needs about 1,150 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 820 mm it can use in a normal year, and 740 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 36 °C / 26 °C
• Jul 31 °C / 24 °C (outside its best range)
• Aug 30 °C / 24 °C (outside its best range)
• Sep 30 °C / 24 °C (outside its best range)
• Oct 31 °C / 21 °C (outside its best range)
• Nov 28 °C / 15 °C (outside its best range)
• Dec 26 °C / 12 °C (outside its best range)
• Jan 26 °C / 12 °C (outside its best range)
• Feb 30 °C / 15 °C (outside its best range)
• Mar 34 °C / 19 °C (outside its best range)
• Apr 38 °C / 24 °C
• May 40 °C / 26 °C
• Jun 36 °C / 26 °C

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Bael: 8 out of 10 (good).

• Soil here is often more acidic than it likes.
• Many fields here are short of boron, which it needs a lot.
• Most fields here are short of nitrogen.

Likes pH 6.0–7.5.

Money

Yield: about 47 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).

A new planting gives its first real harvest after about 5 years. The money here is for plants already bearing.

On rain alone it gets about 71% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 71% of this yield.

No mandi or support price for this crop yet.