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 230 mm it can use in a normal year, and 180 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 25 °C / 17 °C
• Oct 23 °C / 15 °C
• Nov 21 °C / 10 °C (outside its best range)
• Dec 18 °C / 6 °C (outside its best range)
• Jan 17 °C / 5 °C (outside its best range)
• Feb 20 °C / 7 °C (outside its best range)
• Mar 23 °C / 10 °C (outside its best range)
• Apr 24 °C / 12 °C

Months in orange are outside its best range.

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

Soil

Likes pH 6.0–7.0. We have no pH figures for this place.

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.