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Bay Leaf (Tejpat) vs Cumin

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.

Bay Leaf (Tejpat) Cumin

Measure Bay Leaf (Tejpat) Cumin
Season Perennial Rabi
Sowing window Jun–Jul Nov–Dec
Days to harvest 5–7 yr 100–120
Spacing 5 × 5 m 30 × 10 cm
Soil pH 5.5–7.0 6.8–8.3
Water 1200–2000 250–350
Temperature °C 15–30 15–25
Seed rate Nursery 12–15 kg
Yield 2–4 t 0.6–0.8 t
Watch for Leaf spot, scale Wilt, blight, aphid

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Other spice, side by side

Everything in the same group, on the figures that decide what to plant.

Crop Sow Days pH Temp °C Yield
Cardamom (Small) Jun–Jul (planting) 2–3 yr to bear 5.0–6.5 15–28 150–250 kg dry
Long Pepper (Pippali) Jun–Jul 2–3 yr 5.5–7.0 20–32 0.8–1.5 t
Black Pepper Jun–Jul (planting) 3–4 yr to bear 5.5–6.5 20–32 2–3 t dry
Cardamom (Large) Jun–Jul (planting) 3 yr to bear 5.0–6.5 10–25 200–300 kg dry
Cinnamon Jun–Jul (planting) 3–4 yr to harvest 5.0–7.0 20–30 150–200 kg quill
Vanilla Jun–Jul (planting) 3 yr to bear 6.0–7.0 21–32 300–500 kg green
Cubeb Jun–Jul 3–4 yr 5.5–6.5 20–30 0.6–1 t
Asafoetida (Hing) Sep–Oct 4–5 yr 6.5–7.5 10–25 0.05–0.1 t
Allspice Jun–Jul 5–7 yr 5.5–7.0 20–32 1–2 t
Bay Leaf (Tejpat) Jun–Jul 5–7 yr 5.5–7.0 15–30 2–4 t
Clove Jun–Jul (planting) 6–8 yr to bear 5.5–7.0 20–30 1–2 kg/tree
Nutmeg Jun–Jul (planting) 6–8 yr to bear 5.5–7.0 20–32 500–1000 fruits/tree
Tamarind Jun–Jul (planting) 6–8 yr to bear 6.0–8.0 22–35 150–200 kg/tree
Star Anise Jun–Jul 6–8 yr 5.5–6.5 15–28 1.5–3 t

18 more in this list. All 538 crops, with every column → The sowing year →