Clove

Water

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

Needs about 1,620 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 490 mm it can use in a normal year, and 410 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 / 21 °C
• Jul 28 °C / 20 °C
• Aug 28 °C / 20 °C
• Sep 29 °C / 20 °C
• Oct 29 °C / 20 °C
• Nov 28 °C / 19 °C
• Dec 28 °C / 17 °C
• Jan 29 °C / 17 °C
• Feb 32 °C / 18 °C
• Mar 34 °C / 21 °C
• Apr 34 °C / 22 °C
• May 33 °C / 22 °C
• Jun 29 °C / 21 °C

Soil

Soil for Clove: 6 out of 10 (okay).

• Soil here is often too alkaline for it.
• Most fields here are short of nitrogen.
• Most fields here are short of boron.

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.