Cocoa

Water

Rain is enough in a normal year. Keep one irrigation ready for a dry year.

Needs about 1,590 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 1,460 mm it can use in a normal year, and 1,390 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 32 °C / 25 °C
• Jul 32 °C / 25 °C
• Aug 32 °C / 25 °C
• Sep 32 °C / 25 °C
• Oct 32 °C / 23 °C
• Nov 30 °C / 18 °C
• Dec 26 °C / 13 °C (outside its best range)
• Jan 25 °C / 11 °C (outside its best range)
• Feb 29 °C / 14 °C
• Mar 32 °C / 19 °C
• Apr 33 °C / 22 °C
• May 33 °C / 24 °C
• Jun 32 °C / 25 °C

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Cocoa: 9 out of 10 (good).

• The pH here suits it, though not most crops.
• Most fields here are short of nitrogen.
• Most fields here are short of organic carbon.

Likes pH 5.0–6.5.

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.

No mandi or support price for this crop yet.