Marigold

Water

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

Needs about 620 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 170 mm it can use in a normal year, and 90 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 27 °C / 19 °C
• Oct 25 °C / 14 °C
• Nov 21 °C / 9 °C (outside its best range)
• Dec 17 °C / 6 °C (outside its best range)
• Jan 15 °C / 4 °C (outside its best range)
• Feb 18 °C / 7 °C (outside its best range)
• Mar 23 °C / 11 °C (outside its best range)
• Apr 28 °C / 16 °C

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

Soil

Soil for Marigold: 9 out of 10 (good).

Not in the score: organic carbon, sulphur, manganese and boron.

• The pH here suits it.

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.