Kiwi
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: 8 irrigations short
- Doesn't suit: Winters are too warm for it to fruit
- Suits: Soil 8/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain falls about 8 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.
Needs about 1,390 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 1,010 mm it can use in a normal year, and 840 mm in a dry year.
Temperature
Grows best at 21–30 °C on average, and survives 8–35 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 33 °C / 25 °C
- Jul 29 °C / 23 °C
- Aug 29 °C / 23 °C
- Sep 29 °C / 23 °C
- Oct 29 °C / 21 °C
- Nov 28 °C / 16 °C
- Dec 26 °C / 13 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 27 °C / 13 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 30 °C / 16 °C
- Mar 33 °C / 20 °C
- Apr 36 °C / 24 °C
- May 37 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
- Jun 33 °C / 25 °C
It needs a cold winter to flower: a coldest month averaging 18 °C or less. Here the coldest month averages 20 °C.
Soil
Soil for Kiwi: 8 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
- 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 6.0–7.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 11 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).
A new planting gives its first real harvest after about 4 years. The money here is for plants already bearing.
On rain alone it gets about 73% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 73% of this yield.
No mandi or support price for this crop yet.