Curry Leaf
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: Too cold in january
- Suits: Soil 9/10
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 760 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 840 mm it can use in a normal year, and 660 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 26 °C / 15 °C (outside its best range)
- Jul 25 °C / 16 °C (outside its best range)
- Aug 25 °C / 15 °C (outside its best range)
- Sep 24 °C / 13 °C (outside its best range)
- Oct 21 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)
- Nov 16 °C / 3 °C (outside its best range)
- Dec 10 °C / -1 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 6 °C / -4 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 9 °C / -1 °C (outside its best range)
- Mar 14 °C / 2 °C (outside its best range)
- Apr 19 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)
- May 24 °C / 12 °C (outside its best range)
- Jun 26 °C / 15 °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).
No mandi or support price for this crop yet.