Aonla (Indian Gooseberry)

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 990 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 2,220 mm it can use in a normal year, and 2,000 mm in a dry year.

Heavy rain here can waterlog it. Grow it on raised beds or land that drains well.

Temperature

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

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

• Jun 32 °C / 25 °C
• Jul 32 °C / 25 °C
• Aug 33 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
• Sep 32 °C / 25 °C
• Oct 32 °C / 22 °C
• Nov 29 °C / 18 °C
• Dec 26 °C / 14 °C
• Jan 25 °C / 12 °C (outside its best range)
• Feb 27 °C / 15 °C
• Mar 30 °C / 18 °C
• Apr 31 °C / 21 °C
• May 32 °C / 23 °C
• Jun 32 °C / 25 °C

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Aonla (Indian Gooseberry): 8 out of 10 (good).

• Soil here is often more acidic than it likes.
• Many fields here are short of potassium, which it needs a lot.
• Many fields here are short of zinc, which it needs a lot.
• Many fields here are short of boron, which it needs a lot.

Likes pH 6.0–8.0.

Money

Yield: about 81 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 ₹3.3 lakh a year after typical costs.

Prices are usually best in September.

Typical costs are about ₹1.2 lakh an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2024–2026), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.