Rubber

Water

Rain falls about 4 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

Needs about 1,190 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 1,000 mm it can use in a normal year, and 760 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 27 °C / 14 °C (outside its best range)
• Jul 24 °C / 15 °C (outside its best range)
• Aug 24 °C / 15 °C (outside its best range)
• Sep 24 °C / 14 °C (outside its best range)
• Oct 21 °C / 10 °C (outside its best range)
• Nov 17 °C / 6 °C (outside its best range)
• Dec 14 °C / 4 °C (outside its best range)
• Jan 12 °C / 2 °C (outside its best range)
• Feb 15 °C / 4 °C (outside its best range)
• Mar 19 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)
• Apr 25 °C / 11 °C (outside its best range)
• May 27 °C / 13 °C (outside its best range)
• Jun 27 °C / 14 °C (outside its best range)

Nights in November 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.

On rain alone it gets about 84% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 84% of this yield.

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.