Walnut
Holds the land all year
No figures for your district: its government crop records list no area or yield for this crop.
No price yet to estimate income
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Doesn't suit: Winters are too warm for it to fruit
- Suits: Soil 9/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough, even in a dry year.
Needs about 1,230 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 1,770 mm it can use in a normal year, and 1,460 mm in a dry year.
Heavy rain here can waterlog it. Grow it on raised beds or land that drains well.
Temperature
Grows best at 15–30 °C on average, and survives 7–40 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 29 °C / 23 °C
- Jul 29 °C / 23 °C
- Aug 29 °C / 23 °C
- Sep 29 °C / 22 °C
- Oct 29 °C / 21 °C
- Nov 26 °C / 16 °C
- Dec 24 °C / 13 °C
- Jan 23 °C / 11 °C
- Feb 26 °C / 12 °C
- Mar 30 °C / 16 °C
- Apr 31 °C / 19 °C
- May 30 °C / 21 °C
- Jun 29 °C / 23 °C
It needs a cold winter to flower: a coldest month averaging 12 °C or less. Here the coldest month averages 17 °C.
Soil
Soil for Walnut: 9 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
Likes pH 5.5–6.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 14 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).
A new planting gives its first real harvest after about 6 years. The money here is for plants already bearing.
No mandi or support price for this crop yet.