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Is rambutan suitable for my farm and which states in India can grow it?

Rambutan📍 Ernakulam
JJose Mathew8mo ago · 323 views

Rambutan climate suitability India humid tropical Kerala Karnataka coastal rainfall temperature

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🌾Farmer.in Krishi TeamExpert ✓8mo ago

Rambutan is a humid tropical fruit and only suits warm, high rainfall, frost free areas with high humidity, so in India it does best in coastal Kerala, parts of coastal Karnataka, the Konkan, and some pockets of the North East and Tamil Nadu hills. It needs well distributed rainfall or assured irrigation, temperatures roughly in the warm tropical range without cold winters, and shelter from strong dry winds. It will not do well in dry, hot interior plains or anywhere with frost or a long dry season unless you can irrigate and maintain humidity. Because it is still a niche crop in India, treat any planting as semi commercial to start with, and before investing visit your nearest KVK or a horticulture research station and an established grower to confirm your specific village conditions. Soil should be deep, well drained and slightly acidic; waterlogging kills young plants.

JJose Mathew8mo ago

We grow rambutan near Ernakulam alongside our homestead crops and it loves the monsoon humidity here. The main thing is shade for the first two years and never letting young plants dry out. In dry districts I would not risk it without good drip and a windbreak.

GGanesh Hegde7mo ago

In our part of coastal Karnataka it does fine in the same belt where we grow mangosteen and arecanut. Drainage is everything, the trees hate standing water in heavy monsoon, so we plant on slightly raised mounds.

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