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
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 8/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough in a normal year. Keep one irrigation ready for a dry year.
Needs about 910 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 830 mm it can use in a normal year, and 680 mm in a dry year.
Temperature
Grows best at 15–30 °C on average, and survives 7–40 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 27 °C / 17 °C
- Jul 25 °C / 17 °C
- Aug 24 °C / 17 °C
- Sep 23 °C / 15 °C
- Oct 21 °C / 11 °C
- Nov 17 °C / 7 °C (outside its best range)
- Dec 14 °C / 3 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 11 °C / 2 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 14 °C / 4 °C (outside its best range)
- Mar 18 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)
- Apr 23 °C / 12 °C
- May 26 °C / 15 °C
- Jun 27 °C / 17 °C
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Walnut: 8 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
- Most fields here are short of nitrogen.
- Most fields here are short of sulphur.
Likes pH 5.5–6.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 5.5 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).
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.
How to make it work
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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.
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Short of sulphur Your soil is likely short of sulphur.
Use single super phosphate instead of DAP, or add about 100 kg of gypsum per acre before sowing.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.