Pecan Nut
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
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- 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 960 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 550 mm it can use in a normal year, and 450 mm in a dry year.
Temperature
Grows best at 15–35 °C on average, and survives 5–40 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 29 °C / 17 °C
- Jul 29 °C / 18 °C
- Aug 29 °C / 18 °C
- Sep 27 °C / 14 °C
- Oct 23 °C / 8 °C
- Nov 17 °C / 3 °C (outside its best range)
- Dec 11 °C / -1 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 8 °C / -2 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 11 °C / 1 °C (outside its best range)
- Mar 16 °C / 4 °C (outside its best range)
- Apr 21 °C / 9 °C
- May 25 °C / 13 °C
- Jun 29 °C / 17 °C
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Pecan Nut: 9 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
- Many fields here are short of boron, which it needs a lot.
Likes pH 5.5–7.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 0.9 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).
A new planting gives its first real harvest after about 7 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.
How to make it work
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Short of boron Your soil is likely short of boron.
Mix 4 kg of borax per acre into the soil before sowing.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.