Tropical and subtropical fruits (2+1)

Soil and Climate

Climate

• Tamarind is a hardy tree, which grows well under warm climatic conditions of tropics and subtropics, wherein summers are hot and dry and winters are mild.
  
• It is drought tolerant, but sensitive to frost. Fruits do not ripe properly in cold weather.
Soil

• It is self-sown in forest and waste lands, can grown in poor soils.
• Since, it has deep tap root system and also of long life span life-span is long therefore deep loamy soils with adequate moisture would be the best for its growth.