Curry Leaf
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: 7 irrigations short
- Doesn't suit: Too cold in january
- Suits: Soil 9/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain falls about 7 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.
Needs about 850 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 510 mm it can use in a normal year, and 410 mm in a dry year.
Temperature
Grows best at 27–41 °C on average, and survives 8–47 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 29 °C / 16 °C (outside its best range)
- Jul 29 °C / 18 °C (outside its best range)
- Aug 29 °C / 18 °C (outside its best range)
- Sep 28 °C / 14 °C (outside its best range)
- Oct 23 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)
- Nov 17 °C / 2 °C (outside its best range)
- Dec 11 °C / -1 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 8 °C / -3 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 11 °C / 0 °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 (outside its best range)
Nights in November can bring frost. When frost is forecast, water the field lightly in the evening.
Soil
Soil for Curry Leaf: 9 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
Likes pH 5.5–6.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 72 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.