Cinnamon & Tejpata
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
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 8/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Too dry to grow on rain alone. It would need irrigation.
Needs about 1,700 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 370 mm it can use in a normal year, and 220 mm in a dry year.
Temperature
Grows best at 24–30 °C on average, and survives 18–36 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 31 °C / 22 °C
- Jul 29 °C / 22 °C
- Aug 29 °C / 22 °C
- Sep 30 °C / 22 °C
- Oct 30 °C / 21 °C
- Nov 30 °C / 19 °C
- Dec 30 °C / 17 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 30 °C / 17 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 33 °C / 19 °C
- Mar 36 °C / 22 °C
- Apr 37 °C / 24 °C (outside its best range)
- May 36 °C / 23 °C
- Jun 31 °C / 22 °C
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Cinnamon & Tejpata: 8 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
- Many fields here are short of sulphur, which it needs a lot.
- Most fields here are short of zinc.
- Most fields here are short of boron.
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.
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 sulphur Your soil is likely short of sulphur.
Use single super phosphate instead of DAP, or add about 100 kg of gypsum per acre before sowing.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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Short of zinc Your soil is likely short of zinc.
Mix 10 kg of zinc sulphate per acre into the soil before sowing. One dose lasts two or three seasons.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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Short of boron Your soil is likely short of boron.
Mix 4 kg of borax per acre into the soil before sowing.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.