Almond
Holds the land all year
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
- Needs care: Risky: 8 irrigations short
- 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 falls about 8 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.
Needs about 1,180 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 800 mm it can use in a normal year, and 620 mm in a dry year.
Temperature
Grows best at 12–35 °C on average, and survives 10–40 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 34 °C / 25 °C
- Jul 30 °C / 24 °C
- Aug 30 °C / 24 °C
- Sep 30 °C / 23 °C
- Oct 30 °C / 20 °C
- Nov 27 °C / 15 °C
- Dec 24 °C / 11 °C
- Jan 24 °C / 10 °C
- Feb 28 °C / 14 °C
- Mar 33 °C / 18 °C
- Apr 37 °C / 23 °C
- May 38 °C / 25 °C
- Jun 34 °C / 25 °C
It needs a cold winter to flower: a coldest month averaging 12 °C or less. Here the coldest month averages 17 °C.
Soil
Soil for Almond: 9 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
- Many fields here are short of boron, which it needs a lot.
Likes pH 6.5–7.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 6.2 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).
A new planting gives its first real harvest after about 4 years. The money here is for plants already bearing.
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.