Bael

Water

Rain falls about 6 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

Needs about 1,100 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 820 mm it can use in a normal year, and 790 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 35 °C / 24 °C (outside its best range)
• Jul 29 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)
• Aug 29 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)
• Sep 29 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)
• Oct 29 °C / 19 °C (outside its best range)
• Nov 27 °C / 14 °C (outside its best range)
• Dec 24 °C / 10 °C (outside its best range)
• Jan 24 °C / 10 °C (outside its best range)
• Feb 28 °C / 13 °C (outside its best range)
• Mar 32 °C / 17 °C (outside its best range)
• Apr 36 °C / 22 °C (outside its best range)
• May 38 °C / 25 °C
• Jun 35 °C / 24 °C (outside its best range)

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Bael: 7 out of 10 (okay).

Not in the score: phosphorus.

• The pH here suits it.
• Many fields here are short of zinc, which it needs a lot.
• Most fields here are short of nitrogen.
• Most fields here are short of organic carbon.

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.

On rain alone it gets about 75% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 75% of this yield.

No mandi or support price for this crop yet.