Clove
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 8/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough, even in a dry year.
Needs about 1,170 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 1,970 mm it can use in a normal year, and 1,560 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 20–30 °C on average, and survives 20–35 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 25 °C / 16 °C
- Jul 25 °C / 17 °C
- Aug 25 °C / 17 °C
- Sep 24 °C / 15 °C (outside its best range)
- Oct 23 °C / 13 °C (outside its best range)
- Nov 20 °C / 9 °C (outside its best range)
- Dec 16 °C / 6 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 15 °C / 4 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 16 °C / 5 °C (outside its best range)
- Mar 19 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)
- Apr 22 °C / 11 °C (outside its best range)
- May 24 °C / 13 °C (outside its best range)
- Jun 25 °C / 16 °C
Nights in December can bring frost. When frost is forecast, water the field lightly in the evening.
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.
No mandi or support price for this crop yet.