Cocoa
Holds the land all year
No figures for your district: its government crop records list no area or yield for this crop.
No price yet to estimate income
- Needs care: Risky: 8 irrigations short
- Doesn't suit: Frost in january kills it
- Not known: No soil data
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain falls about 8 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.
Needs about 1,290 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 930 mm it can use in a normal year, and 730 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 25 °C / 18 °C
- Jul 25 °C / 18 °C
- Aug 25 °C / 18 °C
- Sep 25 °C / 17 °C (outside its best range)
- Oct 24 °C / 15 °C (outside its best range)
- Nov 21 °C / 10 °C (outside its best range)
- Dec 18 °C / 6 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 18 °C / 5 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 20 °C / 7 °C (outside its best range)
- Mar 23 °C / 10 °C (outside its best range)
- Apr 25 °C / 13 °C (outside its best range)
- May 25 °C / 15 °C (outside its best range)
- Jun 25 °C / 18 °C
Nights in December can bring frost. When frost is forecast, water the field lightly in the evening.
Soil
Likes pH 5.0–6.5. We have no pH figures for this place.
Money
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.
On rain alone it gets about 72% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 72% of this yield.
No mandi or support price for this crop yet.