Cocoa
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: Frost in january kills it
- Not known: No soil data
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 1,210 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 1,400 mm it can use in a normal year, and 900 mm in a dry year.
Temperature
Grows best at 21–32 °C on average, and survives 10–38 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 25 °C / 17 °C
- Jul 26 °C / 18 °C
- Aug 26 °C / 18 °C
- Sep 25 °C / 17 °C (outside its best range)
- Oct 23 °C / 13 °C (outside its best range)
- Nov 20 °C / 9 °C (outside its best range)
- Dec 16 °C / 6 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 15 °C / 5 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 17 °C / 7 °C (outside its best range)
- Mar 20 °C / 10 °C (outside its best range)
- Apr 22 °C / 12 °C (outside its best range)
- May 24 °C / 15 °C (outside its best range)
- Jun 25 °C / 17 °C
Nights in December can bring frost. When frost is forecast, water the field lightly in the evening.
Soil
Likes pH 5.0–6.5. We have no pH figures for this place.
Money
Yield: about 1.2 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).
A new planting gives its first real harvest after about 3 years. The money here is for plants already bearing.
No mandi or support price for this crop yet.