Gladiolus
Sow in October, harvest around March
This season's sowing time (September–October) is over.
No figures for your district: its government crop records list no area or yield for this crop.
No price yet to estimate income
- Needs care: Risky: 2 irrigations short
- Doesn't suit: Too cold in january
- Suits: Soil 9/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain falls about 2 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.
Needs about 300 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 70 mm it can use in a normal year (40 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 170 mm from the monsoon at sowing.
Temperature
Grows best at 10–25 °C on average, and survives 10–32 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Oct 25 °C / 15 °C
- Nov 21 °C / 10 °C
- Dec 17 °C / 6 °C
- Jan 15 °C / 5 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 18 °C / 8 °C
- Mar 23 °C / 11 °C
Soil
Soil for Gladiolus: 9 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: nitrogen, organic carbon, sulphur and boron.
- The pH here suits it.
Likes pH 5.5–6.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 66 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).
On rain alone it gets about 79% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 79% of this yield.
No mandi or support price for this crop yet.