Dragon Fruit

Water

Rain falls about 3 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

Needs about 600 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 460 mm it can use in a normal year, and 390 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

Grows best at 18–28 °C on average, and survives 12–34 °C.

Here, in its growing months (day / night):

• Jun 38 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
• Jul 34 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
• Aug 33 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
• Sep 33 °C / 24 °C (outside its best range)
• Oct 32 °C / 19 °C
• Nov 28 °C / 12 °C
• Dec 23 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)
• Jan 20 °C / 7 °C (outside its best range)
• Feb 25 °C / 11 °C (outside its best range)
• Mar 31 °C / 15 °C
• Apr 37 °C / 21 °C (outside its best range)
• May 40 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
• Jun 38 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Days in May get hotter than it likes. Young plants need shade and water then.

Soil

Soil for Dragon Fruit: 8 out of 10 (good).

• The pH here suits it.
• Most fields here are short of nitrogen.
• Most fields here are short of organic carbon.

Likes pH 5.3–6.7.

Money

Yield: about 16 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).

A new planting gives its first real harvest after about 2 years. The money here is for plants already bearing.

On rain alone it gets about 76% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 76% of this yield.

No mandi or support price for this crop yet.