Dragon Fruit

Water

Too dry to grow on rain alone. It would need irrigation.

Needs about 610 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 320 mm it can use in a normal year, and 250 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 31 °C / 22 °C
• Jul 28 °C / 21 °C
• Aug 28 °C / 21 °C
• Sep 29 °C / 21 °C
• Oct 30 °C / 20 °C
• Nov 30 °C / 18 °C
• Dec 30 °C / 16 °C
• Jan 31 °C / 17 °C
• Feb 33 °C / 18 °C
• Mar 36 °C / 21 °C (outside its best range)
• Apr 37 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)
• May 35 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)
• Jun 31 °C / 22 °C

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

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

Not in the score: salt.

• The pH here suits it.

Likes pH 5.3–6.7.

Money

Yield: about 22 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.

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.