Clove
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
- Doesn't suit: Too dry without irrigation
- Doesn't suit: Too cold in january
- Needs care: Soil 7/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Too dry to grow on rain alone. It would need irrigation.
Needs about 1,240 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 380 mm it can use in a normal year, and 290 mm in a dry year.
Temperature
Grows best at 20–30 °C on average, and survives 20–35 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 29 °C / 16 °C
- Jul 30 °C / 19 °C
- Aug 30 °C / 18 °C
- Sep 28 °C / 14 °C
- Oct 23 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)
- Nov 17 °C / 3 °C (outside its best range)
- Dec 10 °C / -1 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 8 °C / -2 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 11 °C / 1 °C (outside its best range)
- Mar 17 °C / 4 °C (outside its best range)
- Apr 21 °C / 9 °C (outside its best range)
- May 26 °C / 13 °C (outside its best range)
- Jun 29 °C / 16 °C
Nights in November can bring frost. When frost is forecast, water the field lightly in the evening.
Soil
Soil for Clove: 7 out of 10 (okay).
- Soil here is often too alkaline for it.
Likes pH 4.0–5.6.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 2.5 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).
A new planting gives its first real harvest after about 7 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.