Rubber

Water

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

Needs about 890 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 470 mm it can use in a normal year, and 350 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

Grows best at 24–33 °C on average, and survives 10–45 °C.

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

• Jun 22 °C / 10 °C (outside its best range)
• Jul 22 °C / 12 °C (outside its best range)
• Aug 21 °C / 11 °C (outside its best range)
• Sep 19 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)
• Oct 16 °C / 4 °C (outside its best range)
• Nov 9 °C / -1 °C (outside its best range)
• Dec 3 °C / -7 °C (outside its best range)
• Jan -2 °C / -10 °C (outside its best range)
• Feb 1 °C / -8 °C (outside its best range)
• Mar 6 °C / -4 °C (outside its best range)
• Apr 12 °C / 3 °C (outside its best range)
• May 18 °C / 7 °C (outside its best range)
• Jun 22 °C / 10 °C (outside its best range)

Nights in October can bring frost. When frost is forecast, water the field lightly in the evening.

Soil

Soil for Rubber: 8 out of 10 (good).

• Soil here is often more alkaline than it likes.
• Most fields here are short of nitrogen.

Likes pH 4.5–6.0.

Money

A new planting gives its first real harvest after about 7 years. The money here is for plants already bearing.

No yield records for this crop yet.

Rain gives it too little of the water it needs, so there's no income figure on rain alone: grow it only with irrigation.

Mandi price through the year (December 2025–November 2026): about ₹22,663 a quintal across India's mandis.

This week: about ₹28,300 a quintal, the middle of 5 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov).

Prices are usually best in November.