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
- Not known: No rain data
- Doesn't suit: Winters are too warm for it to fruit
- Needs care: Soil 6/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Needs about 1,200 mm of water here in its growing months.
Temperature
Grows best at 15–30 °C on average, and survives 7–40 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 30 °C / 24 °C
- Jul 29 °C / 24 °C
- Aug 29 °C / 24 °C
- Sep 29 °C / 24 °C
- Oct 30 °C / 24 °C
- Nov 30 °C / 24 °C
- Dec 29 °C / 24 °C
- Jan 29 °C / 23 °C
- Feb 30 °C / 23 °C
- Mar 31 °C / 23 °C
- Apr 32 °C / 25 °C
- May 31 °C / 25 °C
- Jun 30 °C / 24 °C
It needs a cold winter to flower: a coldest month averaging 12 °C or less. Here the coldest month averages 26 °C.
Soil
Soil for Walnut: 6 out of 10 (okay).
- The pH here suits it.
- Many fields here are short of potassium, which it needs a lot.
- Most fields here are short of nitrogen.
- Most fields here are short of phosphorus.
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.
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 phosphorus Your soil is likely short of phosphorus.
Add about a quarter more DAP or single super phosphate than the usual dose, at sowing.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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Short of potassium Your soil is likely short of potassium.
Add about a quarter more potash (MOP) than the usual dose.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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Short of organic carbon Your soil is likely short of organic carbon.
Add 4 tonnes of compost or farmyard manure per acre before sowing, and plough crop leftovers back in instead of burning them.
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.