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Coffee vs Palmarosa

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.

Coffee Palmarosa

Measure Coffee Palmarosa
Season Perennial Perennial
Sowing window Jun–Jul (planting) Jun–Jul
Days to harvest 3–4 yr to bear 5–6 mo
Spacing 2.5 × 2.5 m 60 × 45 cm
Soil pH 6.0–6.5 6.0–8.0
Water 1500–2000 700–1000
Temperature °C 15–28 20–35
Seed rate 1,600 plants 4–5 kg
Yield 1–1.5 t clean 15–25 t
Watch for White stem borer, leaf rust Leaf blight, mite

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Crop Sow Days pH Temp °C Yield
Pyrethrum Sep–Oct 2–3 yr 5.5–7.0 10–22 0.8–1.5 t
Tea Jun–Aug (planting) 3–4 yr to pluck 4.5–5.5 18–30 2–3 t made tea
Coffee Jun–Jul (planting) 3–4 yr to bear 6.0–6.5 15–28 1–1.5 t clean
Cashew Jun–Jul (planting) 3–4 yr to bear 5.5–7.0 20–35 1–1.5 t nuts
Cocoa Jun–Jul (planting) 3–4 yr to bear 5.5–7.0 20–30 1–1.5 t dry bean
Oil Palm Jun–Sep (planting) 3–4 yr to bear 5.0–7.0 24–32 20–25 t FFB
Bamboo Jun–Jul 4–6 yr 5.0–7.0 18–35 8–15 t
Coconut Jun–Jul (planting) 5–6 yr to bear 5.5–7.5 20–32 80–120 nuts/palm
Arecanut Jun–Jul (planting) 5–7 yr to bear 5.5–7.0 20–32 2–3 t dry kernel
Palmarosa Jun–Jul 5–6 mo 6.0–8.0 20–35 15–25 t
Rubber Jun–Jul (planting) 6–7 yr to tap 4.5–6.0 25–34 1.5–2 t dry rubber
Citronella Jun–Jul 6–8 mo 5.5–7.5 20–32 20–30 t
Betel Vine Jun–Jul 6–8 mo 6.5–7.5 20–32 50–60 lakh leaves
Rattan Jun–Jul 7–10 yr 4.5–6.5 22–32 2–4 t

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