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
- Doesn't suit: Too dry without irrigation
- Needs care: Cool in November
- Not known: No soil data
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Too dry to grow on rain alone. It would need irrigation.
Needs about 1,600 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 340 mm it can use in a normal year, and 260 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 40 °C / 27 °C
- Jul 36 °C / 27 °C
- Aug 34 °C / 26 °C
- Sep 34 °C / 25 °C
- Oct 33 °C / 19 °C
- Nov 28 °C / 12 °C (outside its best range)
- Dec 23 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 20 °C / 7 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 24 °C / 10 °C (outside its best range)
- Mar 30 °C / 15 °C (outside its best range)
- Apr 37 °C / 21 °C
- May 41 °C / 25 °C
- Jun 40 °C / 27 °C
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Likes pH 6.5–8.0. We have no pH figures for this place.
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.
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.