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Giant Swamp Taro vs Makhana (Foxnut)

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.

Giant Swamp Taro Makhana (Foxnut)

Measure Giant Swamp Taro Makhana (Foxnut)
Season Perennial Kharif
Sowing window Jun–Jul Dec–Feb
Days to harvest 18–24 mo 150–180
Spacing 150 × 150 cm 125 × 125 cm
Soil pH 5.5–7.0 6.0–7.5
Water Marshy Ponded 60–90 cm
Temperature °C 22–32 20–35
Seed rate Suckers 80–100 kg
Yield 20–35 t 1.5–2.5 t
Watch for Leaf blight, corm rot Leaf spot, aphid

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Other aquatic, side by side

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

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

All 538 crops, with every column → The sowing year →