Curry Leaf

Water

Too dry to grow on rain alone. It would need irrigation.

Needs about 830 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 480 mm it can use in a normal year, and 350 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 29 °C / 18 °C (outside its best range)
• Aug 28 °C / 17 °C (outside its best range)
• Sep 27 °C / 13 °C (outside its best range)
• Oct 23 °C / 7 °C (outside its best range)
• Nov 17 °C / 2 °C (outside its best range)
• Dec 10 °C / -2 °C (outside its best range)
• Jan 7 °C / -3 °C (outside its best range)
• Feb 10 °C / 0 °C (outside its best range)
• Mar 16 °C / 4 °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.
• Many fields here are short of sulphur, which it needs a lot.
• Most fields here are short of zinc.
• Most fields here are short of iron.

Likes pH 5.5–6.5.

Money

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.