Grows best at
20–30 °C
0 °C survives 20–35 °C 40 °C

Will it grow on your land?

Imphal West Manipur
Water
Season

Won't work: too cold in January

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

  • Needs care: Risky: 10 irrigations short
  • Doesn't suit: Too cold in january
  • Not known: No soil data
Why, and how to make it work

Water

Rain falls about 10 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

Needs about 1,420 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 920 mm it can use in a normal year, and 640 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 29 °C / 22 °C
  • Jul 29 °C / 22 °C
  • Aug 29 °C / 22 °C
  • Sep 29 °C / 21 °C
  • Oct 28 °C / 19 °C
  • Nov 25 °C / 14 °C (outside its best range)
  • Dec 22 °C / 9 °C (outside its best range)
  • Jan 22 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)
  • Feb 25 °C / 10 °C (outside its best range)
  • Mar 28 °C / 13 °C
  • Apr 30 °C / 17 °C
  • May 30 °C / 19 °C
  • Jun 29 °C / 22 °C

Soil

Likes pH 4.0–5.6. We have no pH figures for this place.

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.

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What it needs

Temperature

20–30 °C
0 °C40 °C

Survives 20–35 °C. Frost hurts it.

Water

The check above works out its water need on your land.

Soil pH

4 acidic7 neutral9 alkaline

Likes slightly acidic soil.

Soil

  • No salty soil
  • Needs rich soil
  • K Needs plenty of potassium and sulphur
How the soil score works

Source: TNAU Agritech Portal; Agricultural Reviews 31(1), 2010 (TNAU KVK Pechiparai); ICAR-IISR; FAO-56 crop coefficients (Allen et al. 1998); IMD gridded daily rainfall (0.25°); IMD gridded daily max/min temperature (1°); TerraClimate 1991–2020 temperature normals (about 4 km), where each district's villages are.

Fertiliser for one acre

Not covered yet. Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra for the dose.

Watch out for

Not covered yet. Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to watch for.

Mandi price, month by month

No mandi prices for this crop yet.

Where it grows in India

Area grown in India
4,562 acres
2025-26
Average yield
2.5 quintals an acre (0.6 tonnes a hectare)
2025-26
Most area
Tamil Nadu
61% of India's

States that grow it

Each state's share of India's production, in its latest year with figures (2025-26). Tap a state to open it.

Source: Horticulture area & production statistics (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare).

Where it grows most

The districts with the most area in recent years. The map colours every district growing it on at least 100 ha by yield; the numbers mark these districts.

No recent district figures for this crop.