Cinchona vs Sugarcane
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.
Cinchona
Sugarcane
| Measure | Cinchona | Sugarcane |
|---|---|---|
| Season | Perennial | Perennial |
| Sowing window | Jun–Jul | Oct–Nov, Feb–Mar |
| Days to harvest | 8–12 yr | 300–365 |
| Spacing | 2 × 2 m | 90–120 cm rows |
| Soil pH | 4.5–6.0 | 6.5–7.5 |
| Water | 1800–3000 | 1500–2500 |
| Temperature °C | 15–25 | 20–35 |
| Seed rate | Nursery | 35–40 k setts |
| Yield | 2–4 t | 80–100 t |
| Watch for | Root rot, leaf spot | Early shoot borer, red rot, woolly aphid |