Cinnamon & Tejpata
Holds the land all year
No figures for your district: its government crop records list no area or yield for this crop.
No price yet to estimate income
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Doesn't suit: Too cold in january
- Suits: Soil 10/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough, even in a dry year.
Needs about 1,220 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 1,880 mm it can use in a normal year, and 1,430 mm in a dry year.
Heavy rain here can waterlog it. Grow it on raised beds or land that drains well.
Temperature
Grows best at 24–30 °C on average, and survives 18–36 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 27 °C / 19 °C (outside its best range)
- Jul 27 °C / 20 °C (outside its best range)
- Aug 27 °C / 20 °C (outside its best range)
- Sep 26 °C / 19 °C (outside its best range)
- Oct 25 °C / 15 °C (outside its best range)
- Nov 22 °C / 12 °C (outside its best range)
- Dec 19 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 18 °C / 7 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 20 °C / 9 °C (outside its best range)
- Mar 23 °C / 12 °C (outside its best range)
- Apr 25 °C / 15 °C (outside its best range)
- May 26 °C / 17 °C (outside its best range)
- Jun 27 °C / 19 °C (outside its best range)
Nights in January can bring frost. When frost is forecast, water the field lightly in the evening.
Soil
Soil for Cinnamon & Tejpata: 10 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
Likes pH 5.5–6.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 9.2 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).
A new planting gives its first real harvest after about 3 years. The money here is for plants already bearing.
No mandi or support price for this crop yet.