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 April
- Suits: Soil 9/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Too dry to grow on rain alone. It would need irrigation.
Needs about 1,550 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 540 mm it can use in a normal year, and 460 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 38 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
- Jul 34 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
- Aug 33 °C / 26 °C
- Sep 33 °C / 26 °C
- Oct 32 °C / 23 °C
- Nov 29 °C / 15 °C
- Dec 25 °C / 11 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 23 °C / 9 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 28 °C / 13 °C
- Mar 34 °C / 18 °C
- Apr 40 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)
- May 40 °C / 26 °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 Tuberose: 9 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
- Most fields here are short of boron.
Likes pH 6.5–7.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 53 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).
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 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.