Dragon Fruit

Water

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

Needs about 610 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 500 mm it can use in a normal year, and 350 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 39 °C / 28 °C (outside its best range)
• Jul 34 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
• Aug 33 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
• Sep 33 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
• Oct 33 °C / 22 °C
• Nov 30 °C / 15 °C
• Dec 25 °C / 10 °C (outside its best range)
• Jan 22 °C / 9 °C (outside its best range)
• Feb 27 °C / 13 °C
• Mar 33 °C / 18 °C
• Apr 40 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)
• May 41 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
• Jun 39 °C / 28 °C (outside its best range)

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Days in April 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 phosphorus.
• 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 83% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 83% of this yield.

No mandi or support price for this crop yet.