Chrysanthemum

Water

Too dry to grow on rain alone. It would need irrigation.

Needs about 610 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 240 mm it can use in a normal year, and 130 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

Grows best at 18–25 °C on average, and survives 14–31 °C.

Here, in its growing months (day / night):

• Jul 29 °C / 22 °C (outside its best range)
• Aug 29 °C / 22 °C (outside its best range)
• Sep 30 °C / 22 °C (outside its best range)
• Oct 30 °C / 21 °C (outside its best range)
• Nov 30 °C / 19 °C
• Dec 30 °C / 17 °C

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

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

• The pH here suits it.
• Most fields here are short of sulphur.
• Most fields here are short of zinc.
• Most fields here are short of boron.

Likes pH 6.5–7.0.

Money

Yield: about 52 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).

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.