Tea
Holds the land all year
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
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Needs care: Soil 7/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Too dry to grow on rain alone. It would need irrigation.
Needs about 1,680 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 840 mm it can use in a normal year, and 710 mm in a dry year.
Temperature
Grows best at 20–30 °C on average, and survives 8–35 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 35 °C / 24 °C
- Jul 29 °C / 22 °C
- Aug 28 °C / 22 °C
- Sep 29 °C / 21 °C
- Oct 30 °C / 17 °C
- Nov 28 °C / 12 °C (outside its best range)
- Dec 26 °C / 9 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 25 °C / 9 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 28 °C / 12 °C
- Mar 33 °C / 16 °C
- Apr 37 °C / 21 °C
- May 40 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
- Jun 35 °C / 24 °C
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Tea: 7 out of 10 (okay).
- Soil here is often too alkaline for it.
- Most fields here are short of nitrogen.
- Most fields here are short of boron.
Likes pH 4.5–5.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
A new planting gives its first real harvest after about 3 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.
No mandi or support price for this crop yet.
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 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.