Jackfruit

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 1,160 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 1,650 mm it can use in a normal year, and 1,370 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 20–30 °C on average, and survives 16–34 °C.

Here, in its growing months (day / night):

• Jun 28 °C / 22 °C
• Jul 26 °C / 21 °C
• Aug 26 °C / 21 °C
• Sep 27 °C / 21 °C
• Oct 28 °C / 21 °C
• Nov 29 °C / 19 °C
• Dec 29 °C / 17 °C
• Jan 29 °C / 16 °C
• Feb 31 °C / 18 °C
• Mar 32 °C / 20 °C
• Apr 33 °C / 22 °C
• May 32 °C / 23 °C
• Jun 28 °C / 22 °C

Soil

Soil for Jackfruit: 8 out of 10 (good).

• The pH here suits it.
• Many fields here are short of potassium, which it needs a lot.
• Many fields here are short of zinc, which it needs a lot.
• Many fields here are short of boron, which it needs a lot.

Likes pH 5.5–7.5.

Money

Yield: about 148 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 5 years. The money here is for plants already bearing.

Mandi price at last season's harvest (April–May 2026): about ₹2,375 a quintal across mandis in your state.

Prices are usually best in May.

Typical costs are about ₹1.6 lakh an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2024–2026), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.