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
- Needs care: Very hot in April
- 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 1,830 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 860 mm it can use in a normal year, and 550 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 38 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
- Jul 32 °C / 25 °C
- Aug 31 °C / 25 °C
- Sep 32 °C / 25 °C
- Oct 33 °C / 22 °C
- Nov 31 °C / 18 °C
- Dec 30 °C / 15 °C
- Jan 31 °C / 15 °C
- Feb 34 °C / 18 °C
- Mar 37 °C / 22 °C
- Apr 40 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
- May 43 °C / 29 °C (outside its best range)
- Jun 38 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Days in April get hotter than it likes. Young plants need shade and water then.
Soil
Soil for Tea: 7 out of 10 (okay).
Not in the score: zinc, iron, copper and manganese.
- Soil here is often too alkaline for it.
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.