Clove

Water

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

Needs about 1,670 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 430 mm it can use in a normal year, and 360 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

Grows best at 20–30 °C on average, and survives 20–35 °C.

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

• Jun 38 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
• Jul 34 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
• Aug 33 °C / 26 °C
• Sep 33 °C / 25 °C
• Oct 33 °C / 21 °C
• Nov 29 °C / 14 °C
• Dec 24 °C / 9 °C (outside its best range)
• Jan 22 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)
• Feb 27 °C / 12 °C (outside its best range)
• Mar 33 °C / 17 °C
• Apr 39 °C / 22 °C (outside its best range)
• May 40 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
• Jun 38 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)

Days in May get hotter than it likes. Young plants need shade and water then.

Soil

Soil for Clove: 5 out of 10 (poor).

• Soil here is often too alkaline for it.
• Many fields here are short of sulphur, which it needs a lot.
• Most fields here are short of nitrogen.
• Most fields here are short of organic carbon.

Likes pH 4.0–5.6.

Money

Yield: about 2.5 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).

A new planting gives its first real harvest after about 7 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.