Curry Leaf
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: Cool in November
- Suits: Soil 8/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Too dry to grow on rain alone. It would need irrigation.
Needs about 1,150 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 540 mm it can use in a normal year, and 430 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 38 °C / 27 °C
- Jul 33 °C / 26 °C
- Aug 33 °C / 26 °C
- Sep 33 °C / 26 °C
- Oct 32 °C / 22 °C
- Nov 29 °C / 14 °C (outside its best range)
- Dec 24 °C / 10 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 22 °C / 9 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 27 °C / 12 °C (outside its best range)
- Mar 33 °C / 17 °C (outside its best range)
- Apr 39 °C / 22 °C
- May 40 °C / 26 °C
- Jun 38 °C / 27 °C
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Curry Leaf: 8 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
- Many fields here are short of sulphur, which it needs a lot.
- Most fields here are short of nitrogen.
- Most fields here are short of organic carbon.
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).
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.
How to make it work
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Short of nitrogen Your soil is likely short of nitrogen.
Add about a quarter more urea than the usual dose, in two or three splits. A pulse crop in rotation also adds nitrogen.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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Short of organic carbon Your soil is likely short of organic carbon.
Add 4 tonnes of compost or farmyard manure per acre before sowing, and plough crop leftovers back in instead of burning them.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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Short of sulphur Your soil is likely short of sulphur.
Use single super phosphate instead of DAP, or add about 100 kg of gypsum per acre before sowing.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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Short of boron Your soil is likely short of boron.
Mix 4 kg of borax per acre into the soil before sowing.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.