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: 9 irrigations short
- Needs care: Cool in July
- Suits: Soil 9/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain falls about 9 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.
Needs about 1,090 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 680 mm it can use in a normal year, and 600 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 34 °C / 24 °C
- Jul 30 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)
- Aug 29 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)
- Sep 30 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)
- Oct 29 °C / 20 °C (outside its best range)
- Nov 27 °C / 14 °C (outside its best range)
- Dec 24 °C / 10 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 24 °C / 10 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 28 °C / 14 °C (outside its best range)
- Mar 32 °C / 18 °C (outside its best range)
- Apr 37 °C / 22 °C
- May 38 °C / 25 °C
- Jun 34 °C / 24 °C
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Curry Leaf: 9 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it, though not most crops.
- Many fields here are short of sulphur, which it needs a lot.
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.