About Cardamom Cultivation:
- It is popularly known as Queen of Spices and belongs to the Zingiberaceae family.
- It is native to the evergreen, rainy forests of Western Ghats in South India.
- It is cultivated mainly in the Southern states, viz., Kerala, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu.
- Soil and climate
- Soil: It is grown in forest loamy soils, which are usually acidic in nature with a pH range of 5.0–6.5.
- This crop can be grown at an elevation from 600 to 1500 m.
- Temperature: 10 to 35 degree C
- Rainfall: 1500 to 4000 mm
- The growth of cardamom is enhanced when planted in humus rich soils with low to medium available phosphorous and medium to high available potassium.
- It is used as a flavouring agent and drug in traditional medicine.
