Sannhemp

Water

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

Needs about 550 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 180 mm it can use in a normal year (140 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 170 mm from the monsoon at sowing.

Temperature

Grows best at 20–30 °C on average, and survives 4–40 °C.

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

• 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

Soil

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

• The pH here suits it.
• Low nitrogen matters less: it makes its own.
• Many fields here are short of boron, which it needs a lot.

Likes pH 6.0–7.0.

Money

Yield: about 12 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).

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

No mandi or support price for this crop yet.