Cinnamon & Tejpata

Water

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

Needs about 1,110 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 830 mm it can use in a normal year, and 680 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 27 °C / 17 °C (outside its best range)
• Jul 25 °C / 17 °C (outside its best range)
• Aug 24 °C / 17 °C (outside its best range)
• Sep 23 °C / 15 °C (outside its best range)
• Oct 21 °C / 11 °C (outside its best range)
• Nov 17 °C / 7 °C (outside its best range)
• Dec 14 °C / 3 °C (outside its best range)
• Jan 11 °C / 2 °C (outside its best range)
• Feb 14 °C / 4 °C (outside its best range)
• Mar 18 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)
• Apr 23 °C / 12 °C (outside its best range)
• May 26 °C / 15 °C (outside its best range)
• Jun 27 °C / 17 °C (outside its best range)

Nights in November can bring frost. When frost is forecast, water the field lightly in the evening.

Soil

Soil for Cinnamon & Tejpata: 9 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 nitrogen.

Likes pH 5.5–6.5.

Money

Yield: about 9.3 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).

A new planting gives its first real harvest after about 3 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.