Turmeric vs Vanilla
Both are Spice. 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.
Turmeric
Vanilla
| Measure | Turmeric | Vanilla |
|---|---|---|
| Season | Kharif | Perennial |
| Sowing window | May–Jun | Jun–Jul (planting) |
| Days to harvest | 240–270 | 3 yr to bear |
| Spacing | 30 × 20 cm | 2 × 1.5 m |
| Soil pH | 5.5–7.5 | 6.0–7.0 |
| Water | 1200–1500 | 1500–2500 |
| Temperature °C | 20–30 | 21–32 |
| Seed rate | 2–2.5 t rhizome | 1,600 vines |
| Yield | 25–30 t fresh | 300–500 kg green |
| Watch for | Rhizome rot, leaf spot, shoot borer | Bean rot, stem rot |