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
- Suits: Soil 8/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Too dry to grow on rain alone. It would need irrigation.
Needs about 1,420 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 790 mm it can use in a normal year, and 550 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 35 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
- Jul 33 °C / 26 °C
- Aug 32 °C / 26 °C
- Sep 32 °C / 26 °C
- Oct 32 °C / 25 °C
- Nov 30 °C / 22 °C
- Dec 29 °C / 20 °C
- Jan 29 °C / 20 °C
- Feb 30 °C / 21 °C
- Mar 33 °C / 23 °C
- Apr 35 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
- May 37 °C / 28 °C (outside its best range)
- Jun 35 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Tuberose: 8 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 63 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
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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.