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
- Needs care: Risky: 7 irrigations short
- Needs care: Frost risk in January
- Suits: Soil 9/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain falls about 7 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.
Needs about 990 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 680 mm it can use in a normal year, and 580 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 37 °C / 25 °C
- Jul 32 °C / 24 °C
- Aug 31 °C / 24 °C
- Sep 31 °C / 22 °C (outside its best range)
- Oct 29 °C / 17 °C (outside its best range)
- Nov 24 °C / 12 °C (outside its best range)
- Dec 20 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 17 °C / 6 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 21 °C / 10 °C (outside its best range)
- Mar 26 °C / 14 °C (outside its best range)
- Apr 32 °C / 19 °C (outside its best range)
- May 36 °C / 24 °C
- Jun 37 °C / 25 °C
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Nights in January can bring frost. When frost is forecast, water the field lightly in the evening.
Soil
Soil for Curry Leaf: 9 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: sulphur, zinc, iron and 3 more.
- 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).
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.