Rubber

Water

Too dry to grow on rain alone. It would need irrigation.

Needs about 1,380 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 740 mm it can use in a normal year, and 550 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

Grows best at 24–33 °C on average, and survives 10–45 °C.

Here, in its growing months (day / night):

• Jun 35 °C / 22 °C
• Jul 32 °C / 22 °C
• Aug 31 °C / 22 °C
• Sep 30 °C / 19 °C
• Oct 27 °C / 14 °C (outside its best range)
• Nov 22 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)
• Dec 17 °C / 5 °C (outside its best range)
• Jan 15 °C / 3 °C (outside its best range)
• Feb 17 °C / 6 °C (outside its best range)
• Mar 22 °C / 10 °C (outside its best range)
• Apr 28 °C / 15 °C (outside its best range)
• May 33 °C / 19 °C
• Jun 35 °C / 22 °C

Nights in December can bring frost. When frost is forecast, water the field lightly in the evening.

Soil

Soil for Rubber: 9 out of 10 (good).

Not in the score: boron.

• Soil here is often more alkaline than it likes.

Likes pH 4.5–6.0.

Money

A new planting gives its first real harvest after about 7 years. The money here is for plants already bearing.

No yield records for this crop yet.

Rain gives it too little of the water it needs, so there's no income figure on rain alone: grow it only with irrigation.

Mandi price through the year (December 2025–November 2026): about ₹22,663 a quintal across India's mandis.

This week: about ₹28,300 a quintal, the middle of 5 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov).

Prices are usually best in November.