Passion Fruit
Holds the land all year
No figures for your district: its government crop records list no area or yield for this crop.
No price yet to estimate income
- Needs care: Risky: 2 irrigations short
- Doesn't suit: Too cold in january
- Suits: Soil 9/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain falls about 2 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.
Needs about 730 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 640 mm it can use in a normal year, and 610 mm in a dry year.
Heavy rain here can waterlog it. Grow it on raised beds or land that drains well.
Temperature
Grows best at 20–30 °C on average, and survives 18–34 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 25 °C / 16 °C
- Jul 25 °C / 17 °C
- Aug 25 °C / 17 °C
- Sep 24 °C / 15 °C (outside its best range)
- Oct 23 °C / 13 °C (outside its best range)
- Nov 20 °C / 9 °C (outside its best range)
- Dec 16 °C / 6 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 15 °C / 4 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 16 °C / 5 °C (outside its best range)
- Mar 19 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)
- Apr 22 °C / 11 °C (outside its best range)
- May 24 °C / 13 °C (outside its best range)
- Jun 25 °C / 16 °C
Nights in December can bring frost. When frost is forecast, water the field lightly in the evening.
Soil
Soil for Passion Fruit: 9 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
Likes pH 6.0–8.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 16 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).
A new planting gives its first real harvest after about 2 years. The money here is for plants already bearing.
On rain alone it gets about 88% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 88% of this yield.
No mandi or support price for this crop yet.