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Jute vs Sisal

Both are Fibre. 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.

Jute Sisal

Measure Jute Sisal
Season Kharif Perennial
Sowing window Mar–May Jun–Jul
Days to harvest 110–140 3–5 yr
Spacing 25 × 7 cm 2 × 1 m
Soil pH 6.0–7.5 6.0–8.0
Water 500–750 500–900
Temperature °C 24–35 20–38
Seed rate 5–8 kg Bulbils
Yield 2.5–3 t fibre 2–3 t fibre
Watch for Stem rot, semilooper Weevil, zebra disease

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Other fibre, side by side

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

Crop Sow Days pH Temp °C Yield
Sansevieria Jun–Jul 2–3 yr 6.0–7.5 18–35 2–4 t
Sisal Jun–Jul 3–5 yr 6.0–8.0 20–38 2–3 t fibre
Kapok Jun–Jul 4–6 yr 5.5–7.5 20–35 0.4–0.8 t
Agave Jun–Jul 4–6 yr 6.0–8.0 18–38 2–4 t fibre
Ramie Jun–Jul 4–6 mo 5.5–6.5 20–32 2.5–4 t fibre
Coir Jun–Jul 6–8 yr 5.5–7.5 22–35 0.8–1.2 t fibre
Abaca Jun–Jul 18–24 mo 5.0–6.5 22–32 2–3 t
Sunn Hemp Jun–Jul 100–120 5.5–7.5 22–32 1.5–2 t fibre
Hemp (Fibre) Jun–Jul 100–120 6.0–7.5 15–27 6–9 t stalk
Jute Mar–May 110–140 6.0–7.5 24–35 2.5–3 t fibre
Flax Oct–Nov 110–130 5.5–7.0 10–25 1.5–2.5 t fibre
Mesta (Kenaf) Apr–Jun 120–150 6.0–7.5 22–32 2–2.5 t fibre
Roselle Jun–Jul 150–180 6.0–7.5 20–32 2–3 t
Cotton May–Jun 160–200 6.0–8.0 21–30 2–3 t seed cotton

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