Vanilla
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
- Needs care: Very hot in April
- 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 1,700 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 560 mm it can use in a normal year, and 490 mm in a dry year.
Temperature
Grows best at 21–30 °C on average, and survives 10–33 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 36 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
- Jul 32 °C / 25 °C
- Aug 31 °C / 25 °C
- Sep 31 °C / 24 °C
- Oct 31 °C / 21 °C
- Nov 28 °C / 15 °C
- Dec 25 °C / 11 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 23 °C / 10 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 28 °C / 13 °C (outside its best range)
- Mar 33 °C / 17 °C
- Apr 38 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)
- May 39 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
- Jun 36 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Days in April get hotter than it likes. Young plants need shade and water then.
Soil
Soil for Vanilla: 9 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
- Many fields here are short of sulphur, which it needs a lot.
Likes pH 5.5–7.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 1.4 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).
A new planting gives its first real harvest after about 3 years. The money here is for plants already bearing.
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.