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 January
- Suits: Soil 9/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough in a normal year. Keep one irrigation ready for a dry year.
Needs about 1,230 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 1,120 mm it can use in a normal year, and 870 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 28 °C / 20 °C (outside its best range)
- Jul 27 °C / 21 °C (outside its best range)
- Aug 28 °C / 21 °C (outside its best range)
- Sep 28 °C / 20 °C (outside its best range)
- Oct 26 °C / 17 °C (outside its best range)
- Nov 23 °C / 12 °C (outside its best range)
- Dec 20 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 20 °C / 7 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 22 °C / 9 °C (outside its best range)
- Mar 25 °C / 12 °C (outside its best range)
- Apr 27 °C / 15 °C (outside its best range)
- May 28 °C / 18 °C (outside its best range)
- Jun 28 °C / 20 °C (outside its best range)
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Nights in January 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.