Plantation Crops

Climate and soil

Climate
Rainfall: It can come up in dry areas having moderate to low rainfall.
High temperature and Heavy wind
Altitude : It grows from sea level up to an altitude of 750m.

Soil
It prefers deep, sandy and loamy soils, through can come up on varied types of soils. The most congenial situations for its favorable development are Low sandy plains. It is distinctly wild and propagates itself readily from seed in regions where it is abundant. In such regions it is capable of forming pure forests or forests intermixed with wild date palm ( Phoenix sylvestris Roxb). It some times acts as a wind break for the plains.
Soil depth : > 2m
Palm Jaggary grown on calcarius soil are more sweeter