Walnut

Water

Rain falls about 8 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

Needs about 1,520 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 1,140 mm it can use in a normal year, and 910 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 35 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
• Jul 31 °C / 25 °C
• Aug 30 °C / 24 °C
• Sep 31 °C / 24 °C
• Oct 31 °C / 23 °C
• Nov 30 °C / 19 °C
• Dec 29 °C / 15 °C
• Jan 29 °C / 15 °C
• Feb 32 °C / 18 °C
• Mar 36 °C / 22 °C
• Apr 38 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
• May 39 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
• Jun 35 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)

It needs a cold winter to flower: a coldest month averaging 12 °C or less. Here the coldest month averages 22 °C.

Soil

Soil for Walnut: 8 out of 10 (good).

• The pH here suits it.
• Many fields here are short of zinc, which it needs a lot.
• Many fields here are short of boron, which it needs a lot.
• Most fields here are short of nitrogen.

Likes pH 5.5–6.5.

Money

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.

On rain alone it gets about 75% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 75% of this yield.

No mandi or support price for this crop yet.