Cocoa
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
- Doesn't suit: Too cold in january
- Suits: Soil 9/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Too dry to grow on rain alone. It would need irrigation.
Needs about 1,240 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 680 mm it can use in a normal year, and 540 mm in a dry year.
Temperature
Grows best at 21–32 °C on average, and survives 10–38 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 28 °C / 16 °C
- Jul 28 °C / 18 °C
- Aug 28 °C / 17 °C
- Sep 27 °C / 14 °C (outside its best range)
- Oct 23 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)
- Nov 17 °C / 3 °C (outside its best range)
- Dec 10 °C / -1 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 7 °C / -3 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 10 °C / -1 °C (outside its best range)
- Mar 15 °C / 3 °C (outside its best range)
- Apr 21 °C / 9 °C (outside its best range)
- May 25 °C / 12 °C (outside its best range)
- Jun 28 °C / 16 °C
Nights in November can bring frost. When frost is forecast, water the field lightly in the evening.
Soil
Soil for Cocoa: 9 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
Likes pH 5.0–6.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 1.2 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).
A new planting gives its first real harvest after about 3 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.