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 6/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Too dry to grow on rain alone. It would need irrigation.
Needs about 1,820 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 430 mm it can use in a normal year, and 250 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 34 °C / 23 °C
- Jul 30 °C / 22 °C
- Aug 29 °C / 22 °C
- Sep 30 °C / 21 °C
- Oct 32 °C / 19 °C
- Nov 31 °C / 16 °C
- Dec 30 °C / 13 °C
- Jan 30 °C / 12 °C
- Feb 33 °C / 14 °C
- Mar 36 °C / 18 °C
- Apr 39 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)
- May 39 °C / 24 °C (outside its best range)
- Jun 34 °C / 23 °C
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Tea: 6 out of 10 (okay).
- Soil here is often too alkaline for it.
- Many fields here are short of potassium, which it needs a lot.
- Most fields here are short of nitrogen.
- Most fields here are short of sulphur.
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 sulphur Your soil is likely short of sulphur.
Use single super phosphate instead of DAP, or add about 100 kg of gypsum per acre before sowing.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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Short of zinc Your soil is likely short of zinc.
Mix 10 kg of zinc sulphate per acre into the soil before sowing. One dose lasts two or three seasons.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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Short of iron Your soil is likely short of iron.
Spray ferrous sulphate, 5 g per litre of water, when young leaves turn yellow.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.