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Sugarcane 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.

Sugarcane Tea

Measure Sugarcane Tea
Season Perennial Perennial
Sowing window Oct–Nov, Feb–Mar Jun–Aug (planting)
Days to harvest 300–365 3–4 yr to pluck
Spacing 90–120 cm rows 1.2 × 0.75 m
Soil pH 6.5–7.5 4.5–5.5
Water 1500–2500 2000–2500
Temperature °C 20–35 18–30
Seed rate 35–40 k setts 13 k plants
Yield 80–100 t 2–3 t made tea
Watch for Early shoot borer, red rot, woolly aphid 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 →