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
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- 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 1,460 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 680 mm it can use in a normal year, and 600 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 34 °C / 24 °C
- Jul 30 °C / 23 °C
- Aug 29 °C / 23 °C
- Sep 30 °C / 23 °C
- Oct 29 °C / 20 °C
- Nov 27 °C / 14 °C
- Dec 24 °C / 10 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 24 °C / 10 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 28 °C / 14 °C
- Mar 32 °C / 18 °C
- Apr 37 °C / 22 °C
- May 38 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
- Jun 34 °C / 24 °C
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Tuberose: 7 out of 10 (okay).
- Soil here is often too acidic for it.
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.