Rubber

Water

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

Needs about 1,500 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 1,810 mm it can use in a normal year, and 1,420 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 30 °C / 24 °C
• Jul 29 °C / 23 °C
• Aug 29 °C / 24 °C
• Sep 30 °C / 24 °C
• Oct 31 °C / 24 °C
• Nov 31 °C / 24 °C
• Dec 32 °C / 23 °C
• Jan 32 °C / 23 °C
• Feb 33 °C / 24 °C
• Mar 34 °C / 25 °C
• Apr 34 °C / 26 °C
• May 33 °C / 26 °C
• Jun 30 °C / 24 °C

Soil

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

Not in the score: nitrogen.

• Soil here is often more alkaline than it likes.
• Many fields here are short of potassium, which it needs a lot.
• Most fields here are short of boron.

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.

Mandi price through the year (December 2025–November 2026): about ₹22,663 a quintal across mandis in your state.

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

Prices are usually best in November.