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
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 9/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Too dry to grow on rain alone. It would need irrigation.
Needs about 1,280 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 470 mm it can use in a normal year, and 410 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 36 °C / 26 °C
- Jul 31 °C / 25 °C
- Aug 31 °C / 24 °C
- Sep 32 °C / 24 °C
- Oct 34 °C / 21 °C
- Nov 33 °C / 16 °C (outside its best range)
- Dec 31 °C / 13 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 30 °C / 13 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 33 °C / 15 °C (outside its best range)
- Mar 37 °C / 19 °C
- Apr 40 °C / 24 °C
- May 41 °C / 27 °C
- Jun 36 °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.
- Many fields here are short of sulphur, which it needs a lot.
- Most fields here are short of nitrogen.
- Most fields here are short of organic carbon.
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.
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Short of organic carbon Your soil is likely short of organic carbon.
Add 4 tonnes of compost or farmyard manure per acre before sowing, and plough crop leftovers back in instead of burning them.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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Short of zinc Your soil is likely short of zinc.
Mix 10 kg of zinc sulphate per acre into the soil before sowing. One dose lasts two or three seasons.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.