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Water Chestnut vs Water Spinach

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 Spinach

Measure Water Chestnut Water Spinach
Season Kharif Kharif
Sowing window Jun–Jul Jun–Jul
Days to harvest 150–180 40–60
Spacing 150 × 150 cm 30 × 20 cm
Soil pH 6.5–7.5 5.5–7.0
Water Ponded 50–100 cm Flooded
Temperature °C 20–32 22–32
Seed rate 150–200 kg Cuttings
Yield 6–10 t 25–40 t
Watch for Leaf beetle, aphid Leaf beetle, white rust

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Other aquatic, side by side

Everything in the same group, on the figures that decide what to plant.

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

All 538 crops, with every column → The sowing year →