Date Palm

Water

Rain falls about 6 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

Needs about 1,400 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 1,100 mm it can use in a normal year, and 860 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 / 27 °C
• Jul 32 °C / 26 °C
• Aug 32 °C / 26 °C
• Sep 32 °C / 26 °C
• Oct 32 °C / 24 °C
• Nov 30 °C / 19 °C (outside its best range)
• Dec 26 °C / 15 °C (outside its best range)
• Jan 25 °C / 13 °C (outside its best range)
• Feb 29 °C / 17 °C (outside its best range)
• Mar 33 °C / 22 °C
• Apr 35 °C / 25 °C
• May 35 °C / 26 °C
• Jun 34 °C / 27 °C

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Date Palm: 8 out of 10 (good).

• The pH here suits it.
• It copes with the salt here.
• Many fields here are short of zinc, which it needs a lot.
• Many fields here are short of boron, which it needs a lot.

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.

On rain alone it gets about 79% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 79% of this yield.

No mandi or support price for this crop yet.