Tuberose
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 June
- 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 1,520 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 520 mm it can use in a normal year, and 420 mm in a dry year.
Temperature
Grows best at 20–30 °C on average, and survives 12–33 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 39 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
- Jul 34 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
- Aug 33 °C / 26 °C
- Sep 33 °C / 25 °C
- Oct 33 °C / 20 °C
- Nov 29 °C / 13 °C
- Dec 23 °C / 9 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 21 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 25 °C / 11 °C (outside its best range)
- Mar 31 °C / 16 °C
- Apr 38 °C / 21 °C
- May 41 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
- Jun 39 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Days in June get hotter than it likes. Young plants need shade and water then.
Soil
Soil for Tuberose: 7 out of 10 (okay).
- The pH here suits it.
- Most fields here are short of nitrogen.
- Most fields here are short of organic carbon.
Likes pH 6.5–7.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 19 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).
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 organic carbon Your soil is likely short of organic carbon.
Add 4 tonnes of compost or farmyard manure per acre before sowing, and plough crop leftovers back in instead of burning them.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.