Grows best at
20–24 °C
0 °C survives 11–35 °C 40 °C

Will it grow on your land?

Meluri Nagaland
Water
Season

Good fit in Meluri

Rose

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

  • Suits: Rain is enough
  • Suits: Ideal temperatures
  • Suits: Soil 9/10
Why, and how to make it work

Water

Rain is enough in a normal year. Keep one irrigation ready for a dry year.

Needs about 1,000 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 1,120 mm it can use in a normal year, and 870 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

Grows best at 20–24 °C on average, and survives 11–35 °C.

Here, in its growing months (day / night):

  • Jun 28 °C / 20 °C
  • Jul 27 °C / 21 °C (outside its best range)
  • Aug 28 °C / 21 °C (outside its best range)
  • Sep 28 °C / 20 °C
  • Oct 26 °C / 17 °C
  • Nov 23 °C / 12 °C (outside its best range)
  • Dec 20 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)
  • Jan 20 °C / 7 °C (outside its best range)
  • Feb 22 °C / 9 °C (outside its best range)
  • Mar 25 °C / 12 °C (outside its best range)
  • Apr 27 °C / 15 °C
  • May 28 °C / 18 °C
  • Jun 28 °C / 20 °C

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Rose: 9 out of 10 (good).

  • The pH here suits it.

Likes pH 6.0–7.0.

How the soil score works

Money

Yield: about 44 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 2 years. The money here is for plants already bearing.

No mandi or support price for this crop yet.

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What it needs

Temperature

20–24 °C
0 °C40 °C

Survives 11–35 °C.

Water

The check above works out its water need on your land.

Soil pH

4 acidic7 neutral9 alkaline

Likes neutral soil. Grows from pH 5.5 to 7.5.

Soil

  • No salty soil
  • Needs rich soil
How the soil score works

Source: ICAR-IIHR (Arka flower varieties and production technology, 2021); PAU package of practices (Ornamental Crops, 2022); TNAU Agritech Portal; Agriculture Census 2010-11; FAO-56 crop coefficients (Allen et al. 1998); IMD gridded daily rainfall (0.25°); IMD gridded daily max/min temperature (1°); TerraClimate 1991–2020 temperature normals (about 4 km), where each district's villages are.

Fertiliser for one acre

Not covered yet. Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra for the dose.

Watch out for

Not covered yet. Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to watch for.

Mandi price, month by month

No mandi prices for this crop yet.

Where it grows in India

Area grown in India
1.2 lakh acres
2025-26
Average yield
70.5 quintals an acre (17.4 tonnes a hectare)
2025-26
Most area
Uttar Pradesh
32% of India's

States that grow it

Each state's share of India's production, in its latest year with figures (2025-26). Tap a state to open it.

Source: Horticulture area & production statistics (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare).

Where it grows most

The districts with the most area in recent years. The map colours every district growing it on at least 100 ha by yield; the numbers mark these districts.

No recent district figures for this crop.