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: 8 irrigations short
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 9/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain falls about 8 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.
Needs about 1,230 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 830 mm it can use in a normal year, and 750 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 31 °C / 24 °C
- Aug 30 °C / 24 °C
- Sep 31 °C / 24 °C
- Oct 32 °C / 22 °C (outside its best range)
- Nov 30 °C / 16 °C (outside its best range)
- Dec 29 °C / 13 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 28 °C / 13 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 32 °C / 16 °C (outside its best range)
- Mar 36 °C / 20 °C
- Apr 40 °C / 24 °C
- May 43 °C / 28 °C
- Jun 38 °C / 27 °C
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Curry Leaf: 9 out of 10 (good).
- 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.