Jasmine
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
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 9/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Too dry to grow on rain alone. It would need irrigation.
Needs about 1,300 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 410 mm it can use in a normal year, and 220 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 29 °C / 21 °C
- Jul 27 °C / 21 °C
- Aug 27 °C / 21 °C
- Sep 28 °C / 20 °C
- Oct 30 °C / 20 °C
- Nov 30 °C / 18 °C
- Dec 30 °C / 16 °C
- Jan 30 °C / 16 °C
- Feb 33 °C / 18 °C
- Mar 35 °C / 20 °C
- Apr 35 °C / 22 °C
- May 34 °C / 22 °C
- Jun 29 °C / 21 °C
Soil
Soil for Jasmine: 9 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
- Most fields here are short of zinc.
- Most fields here are short of iron.
Likes pH 6.5–7.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 29 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 3 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.
How to make it work
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Short of zinc Your soil is likely short of zinc.
Mix 10 kg of zinc sulphate per acre into the soil before sowing. One dose lasts two or three seasons.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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Short of iron Your soil is likely short of iron.
Spray ferrous sulphate, 5 g per litre of water, when young leaves turn yellow.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.