Climatic Requirement

• It can be grown from sea level to 1000 meter elevation in subtropical regions
• It requires warm temperate or mild climate
• It can not tolerate frost and hot and humid climate as well
• It require dry and cool climate
• Temperature during growth = 15 to 25 o C and during flowering and ripening = 20-30 o C is favorable
• During harvesting, dry weather is desirable

Soil

• Cumin grows best in deep friable, well drained alluvial or loam soil, rich in organic matter
• pH ranging between 6 to 7

Varieties

a) On the basis of flower color, two types :

• White flowered
• Pink flowered

b) Indian Varieties :

• S-1 : Early type , suitable for light soil
• S 404 : Suitable for heavy soil

c) Other Varieties :

• Gujrat Cumin-1
• Gujrat Cumin-2
• Rajasthan Jeera-19