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 |