Marigold

Water

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

Needs about 510 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 50 mm it can use in a normal year, and 10 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 32 °C / 24 °C (outside its best range)
• Oct 35 °C / 22 °C (outside its best range)
• Nov 33 °C / 17 °C
• Dec 30 °C / 14 °C
• Jan 29 °C / 12 °C

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Marigold: 8 out of 10 (good).

• The pH here suits it.
• Salt in the soil here can harm it.
• Most fields here are short of nitrogen.
• Most fields here are short of zinc.
• Most fields here are short of iron.

Likes pH 6.0–7.0.

Money

Yield: about 38 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).

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.