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Kapok vs Sunn Hemp

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.

Kapok Sunn Hemp

Measure Kapok Sunn Hemp
Season Perennial Kharif
Sowing window Jun–Jul Jun–Jul
Days to harvest 4–6 yr 100–120
Spacing 8 × 8 m 30 × 10 cm
Soil pH 5.5–7.5 5.5–7.5
Water 1000–1500 350–500
Temperature °C 20–35 22–32
Seed rate Nursery 25–30 kg
Yield 0.4–0.8 t 1.5–2 t fibre
Watch for Stainer bug, leaf spot Hairy caterpillar, wilt

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