Strawberry
Sow in October, harvest around March
Still sowing time: sow by the end of November.
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- Suits: Rain is enough
- Doesn't suit: Too hot in february
- Suits: Soil 9/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough in a normal year. Keep one irrigation ready for a dry year.
Needs about 440 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 270 mm it can use in a normal year (180 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 200 mm from the monsoon at sowing.
Temperature
Grows best at 11–24 °C on average, and survives 6–28 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Oct 31 °C / 24 °C (outside its best range)
- Nov 31 °C / 24 °C (outside its best range)
- Dec 32 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 32 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 33 °C / 24 °C (outside its best range)
- Mar 34 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
Days in March get hotter than it likes. Time sowing so it flowers before then.
Soil
Soil for Strawberry: 9 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: nitrogen.
- The pH here suits it.
- Many fields here are short of potassium, which it needs a lot.
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).
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