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Palmarosa vs Tea

Both are Plantation. 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.

Palmarosa Tea

Measure Palmarosa Tea
Season Perennial Perennial
Sowing window Jun–Jul Jun–Aug (planting)
Days to harvest 5–6 mo 3–4 yr to pluck
Spacing 60 × 45 cm 1.2 × 0.75 m
Soil pH 6.0–8.0 4.5–5.5
Water 700–1000 2000–2500
Temperature °C 20–35 18–30
Seed rate 4–5 kg 13 k plants
Yield 15–25 t 2–3 t made tea
Watch for Leaf blight, mite Red spider mite, blister blight

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

Crop Sow Days pH Temp °C Yield
Pyrethrum Sep–Oct 2–3 yr 5.5–7.0 10–22 0.8–1.5 t
Tea Jun–Aug (planting) 3–4 yr to pluck 4.5–5.5 18–30 2–3 t made tea
Coffee Jun–Jul (planting) 3–4 yr to bear 6.0–6.5 15–28 1–1.5 t clean
Cashew Jun–Jul (planting) 3–4 yr to bear 5.5–7.0 20–35 1–1.5 t nuts
Cocoa Jun–Jul (planting) 3–4 yr to bear 5.5–7.0 20–30 1–1.5 t dry bean
Oil Palm Jun–Sep (planting) 3–4 yr to bear 5.0–7.0 24–32 20–25 t FFB
Bamboo Jun–Jul 4–6 yr 5.0–7.0 18–35 8–15 t
Coconut Jun–Jul (planting) 5–6 yr to bear 5.5–7.5 20–32 80–120 nuts/palm
Arecanut Jun–Jul (planting) 5–7 yr to bear 5.5–7.0 20–32 2–3 t dry kernel
Palmarosa Jun–Jul 5–6 mo 6.0–8.0 20–35 15–25 t
Rubber Jun–Jul (planting) 6–7 yr to tap 4.5–6.0 25–34 1.5–2 t dry rubber
Citronella Jun–Jul 6–8 mo 5.5–7.5 20–32 20–30 t
Betel Vine Jun–Jul 6–8 mo 6.5–7.5 20–32 50–60 lakh leaves
Rattan Jun–Jul 7–10 yr 4.5–6.5 22–32 2–4 t

5 more in this list. All 538 crops, with every column → The sowing year →