Tuberose

Water

Too dry to grow on rain alone. It would need irrigation.

Needs about 1,650 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 660 mm it can use in a normal year, and 580 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 32 °C / 24 °C
• Aug 30 °C / 24 °C
• Sep 31 °C / 23 °C
• Oct 33 °C / 20 °C
• Nov 30 °C / 15 °C
• Dec 27 °C / 11 °C (outside its best range)
• Jan 25 °C / 10 °C (outside its best range)
• Feb 29 °C / 13 °C
• Mar 34 °C / 18 °C
• Apr 40 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)
• May 43 °C / 27 °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: 8 out of 10 (good).

• The pH here suits it.

Likes pH 6.5–7.5.

Money

Yield: about 26 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.