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: Cool in June
- Not known: No soil score
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough, even in a dry year.
Needs about 1,180 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 2,000 mm it can use in a normal year, and 1,520 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 29 °C / 21 °C (outside its best range)
- Jul 29 °C / 22 °C (outside its best range)
- Aug 29 °C / 22 °C (outside its best range)
- Sep 29 °C / 21 °C (outside its best range)
- Oct 27 °C / 18 °C (outside its best range)
- Nov 23 °C / 13 °C (outside its best range)
- Dec 20 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 19 °C / 7 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 20 °C / 10 °C (outside its best range)
- Mar 23 °C / 13 °C (outside its best range)
- Apr 25 °C / 16 °C (outside its best range)
- May 27 °C / 19 °C (outside its best range)
- Jun 29 °C / 21 °C (outside its best range)
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
No soil score here: the soil tests don't say enough about nitrogen, phosphorus or potassium.
Likes pH 6.5–8.0.
Money
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.