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 in a normal year. Keep one irrigation ready for a dry year.
Needs about 1,130 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 1,120 mm it can use in a normal year, and 870 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 28 °C / 20 °C
- Jul 27 °C / 21 °C
- Aug 28 °C / 21 °C
- Sep 28 °C / 20 °C
- Oct 26 °C / 17 °C
- Nov 23 °C / 12 °C
- Dec 20 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 20 °C / 7 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 22 °C / 9 °C
- Mar 25 °C / 12 °C
- Apr 27 °C / 15 °C
- May 28 °C / 18 °C
- Jun 28 °C / 20 °C
It needs a cold winter to flower: a coldest month averaging 12 °C or less. Here the coldest month averages 13 °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.