Bamboo vs Coconut
Both are Plantation. 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.
Bamboo
Coconut
| Measure | Bamboo | Coconut |
|---|---|---|
| Season | Perennial | Perennial |
| Sowing window | Jun–Jul | Jun–Jul (planting) |
| Days to harvest | 4–6 yr | 5–6 yr to bear |
| Spacing | 5 × 5 m | 7.5 × 7.5 m |
| Soil pH | 5.0–7.0 | 5.5–7.5 |
| Water | 1000–2000 | 1300–2300 |
| Temperature °C | 18–35 | 20–32 |
| Seed rate | Rhizomes | 175 palms |
| Yield | 8–15 t | 80–120 nuts/palm |
| Watch for | Shoot borer, witches broom | Rhinoceros beetle, red palm weevil, root wilt |