Passion Fruit
Holds the land all year
No figures for your district: its government crop records list no area or yield for this crop.
Only with irrigation: rain gives too little of its water to count on
- Doesn't suit: Too dry without irrigation
- Doesn't suit: Too cold in january
- Suits: Soil 9/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Too dry to grow on rain alone. It would need irrigation.
Needs about 750 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 410 mm it can use in a normal year, and 360 mm in a dry year.
Temperature
Grows best at 20–30 °C on average, and survives 18–34 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 29 °C / 19 °C
- Jul 26 °C / 19 °C
- Aug 25 °C / 19 °C
- Sep 25 °C / 17 °C
- Oct 23 °C / 13 °C (outside its best range)
- Nov 19 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)
- Dec 16 °C / 5 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 13 °C / 3 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 17 °C / 6 °C (outside its best range)
- Mar 21 °C / 10 °C (outside its best range)
- Apr 27 °C / 14 °C
- May 29 °C / 18 °C
- Jun 29 °C / 19 °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).
Not in the score: nitrogen.
- The pH here suits it.
- Many fields here are short of zinc, which it needs a lot.
- Many fields here are short of boron, which it needs a lot.
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.
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.