Marigold

Water

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

Needs about 480 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 90 mm it can use in a normal year, and 30 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 32 °C / 20 °C
• Nov 29 °C / 14 °C
• Dec 25 °C / 9 °C (outside its best range)
• Jan 22 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)
• Feb 27 °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.
• 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 55 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.