Marigold

Water

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

Needs about 490 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 10 mm it can use in a normal year, and 0 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 35 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
• Oct 37 °C / 21 °C (outside its best range)
• Nov 33 °C / 15 °C
• Dec 28 °C / 11 °C
• Jan 26 °C / 10 °C (outside its best range)

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Marigold: 6 out of 10 (okay).

Not in the score: nitrogen, sulphur and boron.

• Soil here is often too alkaline for it.
• Most fields here are short of organic carbon.
• Most fields here are short of zinc.
• Most fields here are short of iron.

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.