Curry Leaf
Holds the land all year
No figures for your district: its government crop records list no area or yield for this crop.
No price yet to estimate income
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Needs care: Frost risk in November
- Suits: Soil 9/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough in a normal year. Keep one irrigation ready for a dry year.
Needs about 830 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 1,000 mm it can use in a normal year, and 760 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 27 °C / 14 °C (outside its best range)
- Jul 24 °C / 15 °C (outside its best range)
- Aug 24 °C / 15 °C (outside its best range)
- Sep 24 °C / 14 °C (outside its best range)
- Oct 21 °C / 10 °C (outside its best range)
- Nov 17 °C / 6 °C (outside its best range)
- Dec 14 °C / 4 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 12 °C / 2 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 15 °C / 4 °C (outside its best range)
- Mar 19 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)
- Apr 25 °C / 11 °C (outside its best range)
- May 27 °C / 13 °C (outside its best range)
- Jun 27 °C / 14 °C (outside its best range)
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Nights in November can bring frost. When frost is forecast, water the field lightly in the evening.
Soil
Soil for Curry Leaf: 9 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits 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).
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.