Strawberry
Sow in October, harvest around March
Still sowing time: sow by the end of November.
No figures for your district: its government crop records list no area or yield for this crop.
Only with irrigation: rain gives too little of its water to count on
- Doesn't suit: Too dry without irrigation
- Needs care: Very hot in February
- Suits: Soil 10/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Too dry to grow on rain alone. It would need irrigation.
Needs about 490 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 40 mm it can use in a normal year, and 20 mm in a dry year.
Temperature
Grows best at 11–24 °C on average, and survives 6–28 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Oct 30 °C / 20 °C (outside its best range)
- Nov 30 °C / 18 °C (outside its best range)
- Dec 30 °C / 16 °C
- Jan 31 °C / 17 °C
- Feb 33 °C / 18 °C (outside its best range)
- Mar 36 °C / 21 °C (outside its best range)
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Days in February get hotter than it likes. Time sowing so it flowers before then.
Soil
Soil for Strawberry: 10 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: salt.
- The pH here suits it.
Likes pH 6.0–6.8.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 23 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.