Marigold

Water

Too dry to grow on rain alone. It would need irrigation.

Needs about 640 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 200 mm it can use in a normal year, and 160 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

Grows best at 18–27 °C on average, and survives 11–34 °C.

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

• Sep 26 °C / 18 °C
• Oct 24 °C / 14 °C
• 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

Nights in December can bring frost. When frost is forecast, water the field lightly in the evening.

Soil

Soil for Marigold: 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 6.0–7.0.

Money

Yield: about 49 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).

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.