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: Very hot in June
- Needs care: Soil 7/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Too dry to grow on rain alone. It would need irrigation.
Needs about 1,820 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 520 mm it can use in a normal year, and 470 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 40 °C / 28 °C (outside its best range)
- Jul 33 °C / 25 °C
- Aug 31 °C / 25 °C
- Sep 33 °C / 24 °C
- Oct 35 °C / 20 °C
- Nov 31 °C / 14 °C
- Dec 27 °C / 11 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 25 °C / 10 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 29 °C / 13 °C
- Mar 35 °C / 18 °C
- Apr 40 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)
- May 43 °C / 28 °C (outside its best range)
- Jun 40 °C / 28 °C (outside its best range)
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Days in June get hotter than it likes. Young plants need shade and water then.
Soil
Soil for Clove: 7 out of 10 (okay).
Not in the score: nitrogen, sulphur and boron.
- 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.