Water Chestnut

Water

Too dry to grow on rain alone. It would need irrigation.

Needs about 1,160 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 350 mm it can use in a normal year, and 280 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

Grows best at 25–30 °C on average, and survives 10–35 °C.

Here, in its growing months (day / night):

• Jun 28 °C / 16 °C (outside its best range)
• Jul 28 °C / 18 °C (outside its best range)
• Aug 28 °C / 17 °C (outside its best range)
• Sep 27 °C / 14 °C (outside its best range)
• Oct 23 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)
• Nov 17 °C / 3 °C (outside its best range)

Nights in November can bring frost. When frost is forecast, water the field lightly in the evening.

Soil

Soil for Water Chestnut: 9 out of 10 (good).

• The pH here suits it.

Likes pH 5.5–7.5.

Money

Yield: about 15 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).

Rain gives it too little of the water it needs, so there's no income figure on rain alone: grow it only with irrigation.

No mandi or support price for this crop yet.