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
- Doesn't suit: Too cold in january
- 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 1,020 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 610 mm it can use in a normal year, and 470 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 28 °C / 16 °C
- Jul 25 °C / 18 °C
- Aug 24 °C / 17 °C
- Sep 24 °C / 16 °C
- Oct 22 °C / 12 °C (outside its best range)
- Nov 18 °C / 7 °C (outside its best range)
- Dec 14 °C / 4 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 11 °C / 2 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 14 °C / 5 °C (outside its best range)
- Mar 19 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)
- Apr 24 °C / 12 °C (outside its best range)
- May 27 °C / 15 °C
- Jun 28 °C / 16 °C
Soil
Soil for Tuberose: 9 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
- Most fields here are short of nitrogen.
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 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.