Allspice vs Black Pepper
Both are Spice. Each axis is a percentile across all 538 crops — 80 means higher than four-fifths of the table. Where an axis is missing, the crop genuinely is not measured that way.
Allspice
Black Pepper
| Measure | Allspice | Black Pepper |
|---|---|---|
| Season | Perennial | Perennial |
| Sowing window | Jun–Jul | Jun–Jul (planting) |
| Days to harvest | 5–7 yr | 3–4 yr to bear |
| Spacing | 7 × 7 m | 3 × 3 m |
| Soil pH | 5.5–7.0 | 5.5–6.5 |
| Water | 1200–2000 | 2000–3000 |
| Temperature °C | 20–32 | 20–32 |
| Seed rate | Nursery | 1,100 vines |
| Yield | 1–2 t | 2–3 t dry |
| Watch for | Leaf rust, scale | Quick wilt, pollu beetle |