Grows best at
20–30 °C
0 °C survives 12–33 °C 40 °C

Will it grow on your land?

Tiruchirappalli Tamil Nadu
Water
Season

Won't work: too dry without irrigation

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

Water

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

Needs about 1,620 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 460 mm it can use in a normal year, and 270 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 36 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
  • Jul 35 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
  • Aug 35 °C / 25 °C
  • Sep 34 °C / 25 °C
  • Oct 33 °C / 24 °C
  • Nov 30 °C / 23 °C
  • Dec 30 °C / 22 °C
  • Jan 30 °C / 21 °C
  • Feb 33 °C / 22 °C
  • Mar 36 °C / 24 °C
  • Apr 37 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
  • May 37 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
  • Jun 36 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)

Months in orange are outside its best range.

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.
  • Most fields here are short of boron.

Likes pH 6.5–7.5.

How the soil score works

Money

Yield: about 39 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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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What it needs

Temperature

20–30 °C
0 °C40 °C

Survives 12–33 °C.

Water

The check above works out its water need on your land.

Soil pH

4 acidic7 neutral9 alkaline

Likes neutral soil.

Soil

  • Takes a little salt
  • Needs rich soil
How the soil score works

Source: ICAR-IIHR (Arka flower varieties and production technology, 2021); National Horticulture Board; PAU package of practices (Ornamental Crops, 2022); Agriculture Census 2010-11; FAO-56 crop coefficients (Allen et al. 1998); IMD gridded daily rainfall (0.25°); IMD gridded daily max/min temperature (1°); TerraClimate 1991–2020 temperature normals (about 4 km), where each district's villages are.

Fertiliser for one acre

Not covered yet. Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra for the dose.

Watch out for

Not covered yet. Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to watch for.

Mandi price, month by month

No mandi prices for this crop yet.

Where it grows in India

Area grown in India
68,837 acres
2025-26
Average yield
52.5 quintals an acre (13.0 tonnes a hectare)
2025-26
Most area
West Bengal
32% of India's

States that grow it

Each state's share of India's production, in its latest year with figures (2025-26). Tap a state to open it.

Source: Horticulture area & production statistics (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare).

Where it grows most

The districts with the most area in recent years. The map colours every district growing it on at least 100 ha by yield; the numbers mark these districts.

No recent district figures for this crop.