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Cumin vs Saffron

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.

Cumin Saffron

Measure Cumin Saffron
Season Rabi Rabi
Sowing window Nov–Dec Aug–Sep
Days to harvest 100–120 90–110
Spacing 30 × 10 cm 20 × 10 cm
Soil pH 6.8–8.3 6.0–8.0
Water 250–350 300–450
Temperature °C 15–25 10–22
Seed rate 12–15 kg 6–8 t corms
Yield 0.6–0.8 t 3–5 kg
Watch for Wilt, blight, aphid Corm rot, mite

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Everything in the same group, on the figures that decide what to plant.

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 →