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 June
- Suits: Soil 9/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Too dry to grow on rain alone. It would need irrigation.
Needs about 1,140 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 480 mm it can use in a normal year, and 280 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 30 °C / 22 °C (outside its best range)
- Jul 28 °C / 21 °C (outside its best range)
- Aug 28 °C / 21 °C (outside its best range)
- Sep 28 °C / 21 °C (outside its best range)
- Oct 29 °C / 21 °C (outside its best range)
- Nov 29 °C / 19 °C (outside its best range)
- Dec 29 °C / 17 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 30 °C / 17 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 33 °C / 19 °C (outside its best range)
- Mar 35 °C / 21 °C (outside its best range)
- Apr 36 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)
- May 34 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)
- Jun 30 °C / 22 °C (outside its best range)
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Bael: 9 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 iron.
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.
How to make it work
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Short of iron Your soil is likely short of iron.
Spray ferrous sulphate, 5 g per litre of water, when young leaves turn yellow.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.