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Cattail vs Water Chestnut

Both are Aquatic. 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.

Cattail Water Chestnut

Measure Cattail Water Chestnut
Season Perennial Kharif
Sowing window Mar–Apr Jun–Jul
Days to harvest 12–18 mo 150–180
Spacing 60 × 60 cm 150 × 150 cm
Soil pH 5.5–7.5 6.5–7.5
Water Marshy Ponded 50–100 cm
Temperature °C 15–32 20–32
Seed rate Rhizomes 150–200 kg
Yield 20–30 t 6–10 t
Watch for Borer, leaf spot Leaf beetle, aphid
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Crop Sow Days pH Temp °C Yield
Water Lily Mar–Apr 3–4 mo 6.0–7.5 18–32 Ornamental
Lotus Mar–Apr 5–7 mo 6.0–7.5 20–32 2–3 lakh blooms
Cattail Mar–Apr 12–18 mo 5.5–7.5 15–32 20–30 t
Giant Swamp Taro Jun–Jul 18–24 mo 5.5–7.0 22–32 20–35 t
Water Spinach Jun–Jul 40–60 5.5–7.0 22–32 25–40 t
Watercress Sep–Oct 50–70 6.5–7.5 10–20 20–30 t
Arrowhead Apr–May 120–150 6.0–7.5 18–30 8–12 t
Makhana (Foxnut) Dec–Feb 150–180 6.0–7.5 20–35 1.5–2.5 t
Water Chestnut Jun–Jul 150–180 6.5–7.5 20–32 6–10 t
Lotus Root Mar–Apr 150–210 6.0–7.5 20–32 15–25 t

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