Water Chestnut
Sow in June, harvest around November
This season's sowing time (June–July) is over.
No figures for your district: its government crop records list no area or yield for this crop.
Only with irrigation: rain gives too little of its water to count on
- Doesn't suit: Too dry without irrigation
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 8/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Too dry to grow on rain alone. It would need irrigation.
Needs about 1,180 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 400 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 33 °C / 24 °C
- Jul 31 °C / 23 °C
- Aug 31 °C / 23 °C
- Sep 31 °C / 23 °C
- Oct 30 °C / 22 °C
- Nov 30 °C / 20 °C (outside its best range)
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Water Chestnut: 8 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
- Most fields here are short of iron.
- Most fields here are short of boron.
Likes pH 5.5–7.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
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.
How to make it work
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Short of iron Your soil is likely short of iron.
Spray ferrous sulphate, 5 g per litre of water, when young leaves turn yellow.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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Short of boron Your soil is likely short of boron.
Mix 4 kg of borax per acre into the soil before sowing.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.