Date Palm
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 December
- Suits: Soil 9/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough, even in a dry year.
Needs about 1,110 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 1,970 mm it can use in a normal year, and 1,560 mm in a dry year.
Heavy rain here can waterlog it. Grow it on raised beds or land that drains well.
Temperature
Grows best at 26–45 °C on average, and survives 10–52 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 25 °C / 16 °C (outside its best range)
- Jul 25 °C / 17 °C (outside its best range)
- Aug 25 °C / 17 °C (outside its best range)
- Sep 24 °C / 15 °C (outside its best range)
- Oct 23 °C / 13 °C (outside its best range)
- Nov 20 °C / 9 °C (outside its best range)
- Dec 16 °C / 6 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 15 °C / 4 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 16 °C / 5 °C (outside its best range)
- Mar 19 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)
- Apr 22 °C / 11 °C (outside its best range)
- May 24 °C / 13 °C (outside its best range)
- Jun 25 °C / 16 °C (outside its best range)
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Nights in December can bring frost. When frost is forecast, water the field lightly in the evening.
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.
No mandi or support price for this crop yet.