Dragon Fruit
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
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Not known: No soil data
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough, even in a dry year.
Needs about 500 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 920 mm it can use in a normal year, and 640 mm in a dry year.
Heavy rain here can waterlog it. Grow it on raised beds or land that drains well.
Temperature
Grows best at 18–28 °C on average, and survives 12–34 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 29 °C / 22 °C
- Jul 29 °C / 22 °C
- Aug 28 °C / 22 °C
- Sep 29 °C / 21 °C
- Oct 28 °C / 19 °C
- Nov 25 °C / 14 °C
- Dec 22 °C / 10 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 22 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 25 °C / 10 °C (outside its best range)
- Mar 28 °C / 13 °C
- Apr 30 °C / 17 °C
- May 29 °C / 20 °C
- Jun 29 °C / 22 °C
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Likes pH 5.3–6.7. We have no pH figures for this place.
Money
Yield: about 23 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).
A new planting gives its first real harvest after about 2 years. The money here is for plants already bearing.
No mandi or support price for this crop yet.