Cashew 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.
Cashew
Coconut
| Measure | Cashew | Coconut |
|---|---|---|
| Season | Perennial | Perennial |
| Sowing window | Jun–Jul (planting) | Jun–Jul (planting) |
| Days to harvest | 3–4 yr to bear | 5–6 yr to bear |
| Spacing | 7.5 × 7.5 m | 7.5 × 7.5 m |
| Soil pH | 5.5–7.0 | 5.5–7.5 |
| Water | 800–1200 | 1300–2300 |
| Temperature °C | 20–35 | 20–32 |
| Seed rate | 175 plants | 175 palms |
| Yield | 1–1.5 t nuts | 80–120 nuts/palm |
| Watch for | Tea mosquito bug, stem borer | Rhinoceros beetle, red palm weevil, root wilt |