Strawberry

Water

Rain falls about 3 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

Needs about 450 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 150 mm it can use in a normal year (100 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 33 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)
• Feb 34 °C / 24 °C (outside its best range)
• Mar 35 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)

Days in February 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 boron, which it needs a lot.
• Most fields here are short of sulphur.

Likes pH 6.0–6.8.

Money

Yield: about 23 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).

On rain alone it gets about 76% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 76% of this yield.

No mandi or support price for this crop yet.