Date Palm
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: 12 irrigations short
- Needs care: Cool in November
- Suits: Soil 9/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain falls about 12 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.
Needs about 1,430 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 870 mm it can use in a normal year, and 780 mm in a dry year.
Temperature
Grows best at 26–45 °C on average, and survives 10–52 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 34 °C / 26 °C
- Jul 33 °C / 27 °C
- Aug 33 °C / 27 °C
- Sep 33 °C / 26 °C
- Oct 32 °C / 23 °C
- Nov 29 °C / 16 °C (outside its best range)
- Dec 26 °C / 12 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 24 °C / 10 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 27 °C / 13 °C (outside its best range)
- Mar 32 °C / 17 °C (outside its best range)
- Apr 35 °C / 22 °C
- May 35 °C / 25 °C
- Jun 34 °C / 26 °C
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Date Palm: 9 out of 10 (good).
- Soil here is often more acidic than it likes.
Likes pH 6.5–8.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 31 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).
A new planting gives its first real harvest after about 5 years. The money here is for plants already bearing.
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.