Aonla (Indian Gooseberry)

Water

Rain is enough in a normal year. Keep one irrigation ready for a dry year.

Needs about 1,020 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 1,070 mm it can use in a normal year, and 810 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

Grows best at 20–29 °C on average, and survives 14–35 °C.

Here, in its growing months (day / night):

• Jun 27 °C / 20 °C
• Jul 25 °C / 20 °C
• Aug 25 °C / 20 °C
• Sep 26 °C / 20 °C
• Oct 28 °C / 20 °C
• Nov 28 °C / 18 °C
• Dec 28 °C / 16 °C
• Jan 29 °C / 16 °C
• Feb 30 °C / 17 °C
• Mar 32 °C / 19 °C
• Apr 32 °C / 21 °C
• May 31 °C / 21 °C
• Jun 27 °C / 20 °C

Soil

Soil for Aonla (Indian Gooseberry): 7 out of 10 (okay).

• The pH here suits it.
• Many fields here are short of zinc, which it needs a lot.
• Many fields here are short of boron, which it needs a lot.
• Most fields here are short of nitrogen.

Likes pH 6.0–8.0.

Money

Yield: about 31 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).

A new planting gives its first real harvest after about 4 years. The money here is for plants already bearing.

Mandi price at last season's harvest (December 2025–January 2026): about ₹3,563 a quintal across India's mandis.

This week: about ₹5,500 a quintal, the middle of 34 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹1.2 lakh a year after typical costs.

Prices are usually best in September.

Typical costs are about ₹46,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2024–2026), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.