Dragon Fruit
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: Very hot in June
- 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 610 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 260 mm it can use in a normal year, and 150 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 36 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
- Aug 34 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
- Sep 34 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
- Oct 33 °C / 20 °C
- Nov 28 °C / 13 °C
- Dec 23 °C / 9 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 20 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 25 °C / 11 °C (outside its best range)
- Mar 31 °C / 16 °C
- Apr 37 °C / 22 °C (outside its best range)
- May 40 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
- Jun 39 °C / 28 °C (outside its best range)
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Days in June get hotter than it likes. Young plants need shade and water then.
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.
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.