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
- Doesn't suit: Too dry without irrigation
- Needs care: Cool in November
- Suits: Soil 8/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Too dry to grow on rain alone. It would need irrigation.
Needs about 1,060 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 560 mm it can use in a normal year, and 390 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 / 28 °C
- Jul 31 °C / 27 °C
- Aug 30 °C / 26 °C
- Sep 31 °C / 25 °C
- Oct 34 °C / 23 °C
- Nov 34 °C / 20 °C (outside its best range)
- Dec 30 °C / 16 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 28 °C / 15 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 30 °C / 16 °C (outside its best range)
- Mar 32 °C / 20 °C (outside its best range)
- Apr 34 °C / 23 °C
- May 34 °C / 26 °C
- Jun 34 °C / 28 °C
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Curry Leaf: 8 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
- Salt in the soil here can harm it.
- Most fields here are short of nitrogen.
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.
How to make it work
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Short of nitrogen Your soil is likely short of nitrogen.
Add about a quarter more urea than the usual dose, in two or three splits. A pulse crop in rotation also adds nitrogen.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.