Clove
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
- Needs care: Cool in December
- 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 1,510 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 870 mm it can use in a normal year, and 780 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 34 °C / 26 °C
- Jul 33 °C / 27 °C
- Aug 33 °C / 27 °C
- Sep 33 °C / 26 °C
- Oct 32 °C / 23 °C
- Nov 29 °C / 16 °C
- Dec 26 °C / 12 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 24 °C / 10 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 27 °C / 13 °C (outside its best range)
- Mar 32 °C / 17 °C
- Apr 35 °C / 22 °C
- May 35 °C / 25 °C
- Jun 34 °C / 26 °C
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Clove: 8 out of 10 (good).
- Soil here is often too alkaline for it.
Likes pH 4.0–5.6.
How the soil score worksMoney
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.