Curry Leaf
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: 3 irrigations short
- Doesn't suit: Too cold in january
- Suits: Soil 9/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain falls about 3 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.
Needs about 820 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 27–41 °C on average, and survives 8–47 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 28 °C / 16 °C (outside its best range)
- Jul 28 °C / 18 °C (outside its best range)
- Aug 28 °C / 17 °C (outside its best range)
- 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 (outside its best range)
Nights in November can bring frost. When frost is forecast, water the field lightly in the evening.
Soil
Soil for Curry Leaf: 9 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
Likes pH 5.5–6.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 72 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).
On rain alone it gets about 83% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 83% of this yield.
No mandi or support price for this crop yet.