Jasmine
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
- Needs care: Risky: 4 irrigations short
- Doesn't suit: Too cold in january
- Suits: Soil 8/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain falls about 4 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.
Needs about 910 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 720 mm it can use in a normal year, and 600 mm in a dry year.
Temperature
Grows best at 20–35 °C on average, and survives 14–37 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 30 °C / 20 °C
- Jul 27 °C / 20 °C
- Aug 26 °C / 19 °C
- Sep 26 °C / 18 °C
- Oct 24 °C / 14 °C (outside its best range)
- Nov 20 °C / 9 °C (outside its best range)
- Dec 16 °C / 6 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 13 °C / 4 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 16 °C / 7 °C (outside its best range)
- Mar 21 °C / 10 °C (outside its best range)
- Apr 26 °C / 15 °C
- May 30 °C / 18 °C
- Jun 30 °C / 20 °C
Soil
Soil for Jasmine: 8 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: sulphur and boron.
- The pH here suits it.
- Most fields here are short of nitrogen.
Likes pH 6.5–7.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 42 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).
A new planting gives its first real harvest after about 3 years. The money here is for plants already bearing.
On rain alone it gets about 80% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 80% of this yield.
No mandi or support price for this crop yet.
How to make it work
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Short of nitrogen Your soil is likely short of nitrogen.
Add about a quarter more urea than the usual dose, in two or three splits. A pulse crop in rotation also adds nitrogen.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.