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Garlic vs Tamarind

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.

Garlic Tamarind

Measure Garlic Tamarind
Season Rabi Perennial
Sowing window Oct–Nov Jun–Jul (planting)
Days to harvest 130–160 6–8 yr to bear
Spacing 15 × 10 cm 10 × 10 m
Soil pH 6.0–7.0 6.0–8.0
Water 350–500 700–1000
Temperature °C 12–24 22–35
Seed rate 500–600 kg cloves 100 plants
Yield 8–12 t 150–200 kg/tree
Watch for Thrips, purple blotch, basal rot Fruit borer, scale

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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 →