Clove

Water

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

Needs about 1,790 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 710 mm it can use in a normal year, and 550 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 37 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
• Jul 32 °C / 25 °C
• Aug 32 °C / 25 °C
• Sep 32 °C / 24 °C
• Oct 33 °C / 23 °C
• Nov 31 °C / 19 °C
• Dec 30 °C / 16 °C
• Jan 31 °C / 17 °C
• Feb 34 °C / 19 °C
• Mar 37 °C / 23 °C
• Apr 39 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
• May 41 °C / 28 °C (outside its best range)
• Jun 37 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)

Months in orange are outside its best range.

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

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 organic carbon.
• 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.