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Water Chestnut vs Water Lily

Both are Aquatic. 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.

Water Chestnut Water Lily

Measure Water Chestnut Water Lily
Season Kharif Perennial
Sowing window Jun–Jul Mar–Apr
Days to harvest 150–180 3–4 mo
Spacing 150 × 150 cm 150 × 150 cm
Soil pH 6.5–7.5 6.0–7.5
Water Ponded 50–100 cm Ponded
Temperature °C 20–32 18–32
Seed rate 150–200 kg Rhizomes
Yield 6–10 t Ornamental
Watch for Leaf beetle, aphid Aphid, leaf spot
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Crop Sow Days pH Temp °C Yield
Water Lily Mar–Apr 3–4 mo 6.0–7.5 18–32 Ornamental
Lotus Mar–Apr 5–7 mo 6.0–7.5 20–32 2–3 lakh blooms
Cattail Mar–Apr 12–18 mo 5.5–7.5 15–32 20–30 t
Giant Swamp Taro Jun–Jul 18–24 mo 5.5–7.0 22–32 20–35 t
Water Spinach Jun–Jul 40–60 5.5–7.0 22–32 25–40 t
Watercress Sep–Oct 50–70 6.5–7.5 10–20 20–30 t
Arrowhead Apr–May 120–150 6.0–7.5 18–30 8–12 t
Makhana (Foxnut) Dec–Feb 150–180 6.0–7.5 20–35 1.5–2.5 t
Water Chestnut Jun–Jul 150–180 6.5–7.5 20–32 6–10 t
Lotus Root Mar–Apr 150–210 6.0–7.5 20–32 15–25 t

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