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
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- 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 1,440 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 760 mm it can use in a normal year, and 640 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 26 °C / 20 °C
- Jul 24 °C / 19 °C
- Aug 25 °C / 19 °C
- Sep 26 °C / 19 °C
- Oct 27 °C / 19 °C
- Nov 27 °C / 19 °C
- Dec 27 °C / 17 °C
- Jan 27 °C / 17 °C
- Feb 29 °C / 18 °C
- Mar 30 °C / 20 °C
- Apr 30 °C / 21 °C
- May 29 °C / 21 °C
- Jun 26 °C / 20 °C
Soil
Soil for Vanilla: 9 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: nitrogen and sulphur.
- The pH here suits it.
- Many fields here are short of potassium, 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.