Jasmine
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
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 8/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Too dry to grow on rain alone. It would need irrigation.
Needs about 1,410 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 340 mm it can use in a normal year, and 260 mm in a dry year.
Temperature
Grows best at 20–35 °C on average, and survives 14–37 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 34 °C / 24 °C
- Jul 32 °C / 23 °C
- Aug 32 °C / 23 °C
- Sep 32 °C / 23 °C
- Oct 32 °C / 22 °C
- Nov 32 °C / 21 °C
- Dec 31 °C / 19 °C
- Jan 32 °C / 19 °C
- Feb 34 °C / 20 °C
- Mar 37 °C / 23 °C
- Apr 38 °C / 25 °C
- May 38 °C / 25 °C
- Jun 34 °C / 24 °C
Soil
Soil for Jasmine: 8 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: phosphorus.
- The pH here suits it.
- Most fields here are short of organic carbon.
- Most fields here are short of iron.
Likes pH 6.5–7.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 39 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).
A new planting gives its first real harvest after about 3 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.
How to make it work
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Short of organic carbon Your soil is likely short of organic carbon.
Add 4 tonnes of compost or farmyard manure per acre before sowing, and plough crop leftovers back in instead of burning them.
Few local farmers add it to this crop, so it's an easy place to get ahead.
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Short of iron Your soil is likely short of iron.
Spray ferrous sulphate, 5 g per litre of water, when young leaves turn yellow.
Few local farmers add it to this crop, so it's an easy place to get ahead.
What local farmers put on it (share of fields):
- Urea 100%
- Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) 97%
- Muriate of Potash (MOP) 92%
- NPK Mixture 27%