Rubber
Holds the land all year
No figures for your district: its government crop records list no area or yield for this crop. Priced from mandis across India.
Only with irrigation: rain gives too little of its water to count on
- Doesn't suit: Too dry without irrigation
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Needs care: Soil 6/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Too dry to grow on rain alone. It would need irrigation.
Needs about 1,660 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 910 mm it can use in a normal year, and 830 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 34 °C / 24 °C
- Jul 28 °C / 23 °C
- Aug 28 °C / 22 °C
- Sep 29 °C / 22 °C
- Oct 30 °C / 20 °C
- Nov 28 °C / 15 °C (outside its best range)
- Dec 27 °C / 11 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 28 °C / 12 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 31 °C / 15 °C (outside its best range)
- Mar 35 °C / 19 °C
- Apr 37 °C / 23 °C
- May 39 °C / 25 °C
- Jun 34 °C / 24 °C
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Rubber: 6 out of 10 (okay).
- Soil here is often more alkaline than it likes.
- Most fields here are short of nitrogen.
- Most fields here are short of organic carbon.
- Most fields here are short of sulphur.
Likes pH 4.5–6.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
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).
- ₹15,850 2021
- ₹16,000 2022
- ₹14,150 2023
- ₹17,730 2024
- ₹18,000 2025
Prices are usually best in November.
How to make it work
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Short of nitrogen Your soil is likely short of nitrogen.
Add about a quarter more urea than the usual dose, in two or three splits. A pulse crop in rotation also adds nitrogen.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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Short of organic carbon Your soil is likely short of organic carbon.
Add 4 tonnes of compost or farmyard manure per acre before sowing, and plough crop leftovers back in instead of burning them.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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Short of sulphur Your soil is likely short of sulphur.
Use single super phosphate instead of DAP, or add about 100 kg of gypsum per acre before sowing.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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Short of zinc Your soil is likely short of zinc.
Mix 10 kg of zinc sulphate per acre into the soil before sowing. One dose lasts two or three seasons.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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Short of iron Your soil is likely short of iron.
Spray ferrous sulphate, 5 g per litre of water, when young leaves turn yellow.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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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.