Curry Leaf

Water

Rain falls about 8 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

Needs about 1,100 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 740 mm it can use in a normal year, and 530 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 35 °C / 26 °C
• Jul 33 °C / 27 °C
• Aug 33 °C / 27 °C
• Sep 33 °C / 26 °C
• Oct 32 °C / 24 °C
• Nov 30 °C / 17 °C (outside its best range)
• Dec 26 °C / 13 °C (outside its best range)
• Jan 25 °C / 11 °C (outside its best range)
• Feb 28 °C / 14 °C (outside its best range)
• Mar 33 °C / 19 °C (outside its best range)
• Apr 37 °C / 23 °C
• May 37 °C / 25 °C
• Jun 35 °C / 26 °C

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Curry Leaf: 9 out of 10 (good).

• The pH here suits it.
• Most fields here are short of nitrogen.
• Most fields here are short of boron.

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.