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Cardamom

📍 Nepal

Click a numbered marker on the plant to explore each life-cycle stage — or read the key dates on the right.

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Sow Harvest
Sow
Apr – Jun
Harvest
Sep – Oct
Growing period
3 years
Seeding rate
3000 rhizomes
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Harvest — this part of the plant

Roots & seed establish first. Sow in at .

Leaves & stem drive the vegetative stage over .

Flowering falls mid-cycle between sowing () and harvest (). Keep stress low here.

Fruit/grain matures — harvest around .

Local note

Based on similar agro-ecological conditions in another country — confirm with local extension.
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Where Cardamom grows in Nepal

hill mountain

B. Hill Agro-ecological Zone

Land Sysstem Unit:11, 13a, 13b, 13c, 13d, 14a, Warm Temperate Climate, 1000-2000 m elevation, 15-20 C0 Temperature, Thermic Soil Temperature Regime and Subhumid Moisture Regime.

Looking for another crop? Browse the full Nepal crop calendar or the Cardamom guide for other countries.