Rubber 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.
Rubber
Tea
| Measure | Rubber | Tea |
|---|---|---|
| Season | Perennial | Perennial |
| Sowing window | Jun–Jul (planting) | Jun–Aug (planting) |
| Days to harvest | 6–7 yr to tap | 3–4 yr to pluck |
| Spacing | 4.9 × 4.9 m | 1.2 × 0.75 m |
| Soil pH | 4.5–6.0 | 4.5–5.5 |
| Water | 2000–3000 | 2000–2500 |
| Temperature °C | 25–34 | 18–30 |
| Seed rate | 420 plants | 13 k plants |
| Yield | 1.5–2 t dry rubber | 2–3 t made tea |
| Watch for | Abnormal leaf fall, pink disease | Red spider mite, blister blight |