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Cardamom (Small) vs Tamarind

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.

Cardamom (Small) Tamarind

Measure Cardamom (Small) Tamarind
Season Perennial Perennial
Sowing window Jun–Jul (planting) Jun–Jul (planting)
Days to harvest 2–3 yr to bear 6–8 yr to bear
Spacing 2 × 2 m 10 × 10 m
Soil pH 5.0–6.5 6.0–8.0
Water 1500–2500 700–1000
Temperature °C 15–28 22–35
Seed rate 2,500 plants 100 plants
Yield 150–250 kg dry 150–200 kg/tree
Watch for Katte virus, thrips, rot Fruit borer, scale

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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 →