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
- Needs care: Soil 7/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Too dry to grow on rain alone. It would need irrigation.
Needs about 1,330 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 550 mm it can use in a normal year, and 300 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 36 °C / 26 °C
- Jul 35 °C / 26 °C
- Aug 35 °C / 26 °C
- Sep 34 °C / 25 °C
- Oct 33 °C / 24 °C
- Nov 30 °C / 23 °C
- Dec 29 °C / 22 °C
- Jan 30 °C / 22 °C
- Feb 32 °C / 22 °C
- Mar 35 °C / 24 °C
- Apr 36 °C / 26 °C
- May 37 °C / 27 °C
- Jun 36 °C / 26 °C
Soil
Soil for Jasmine: 7 out of 10 (okay).
- The pH here suits it.
- Most fields here are short of nitrogen.
- Most fields here are short of organic carbon.
Likes pH 6.5–7.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 41 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 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.
About 90% of local fields of this crop get it.
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Short of organic carbon Your soil is likely short of organic carbon.
Add 4 tonnes of compost or farmyard manure per acre before sowing, and plough crop leftovers back in instead of burning them.
Few local farmers add it to this crop, so it's an easy place to get ahead.
What local farmers put on it (share of fields):
- Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) 90%
- Ammonium Phosphate Sulphate / Nitrogen Phosphate 4%
- Zinc Sulphate Heptahydrate / Monohydrate 4%