Only with irrigation: rain gives too little of its water to count on
- Needs care: Risky: 10 irrigations short
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 8/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain falls about 10 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.
Needs about 1,380 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 920 mm it can use in a normal year, and 840 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 23–33 °C on average, and survives 12–42 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 31 °C / 25 °C
- Jul 30 °C / 24 °C
- Aug 30 °C / 24 °C
- Sep 31 °C / 25 °C
- Oct 31 °C / 25 °C
- Nov 31 °C / 24 °C
- Dec 32 °C / 24 °C
- Jan 32 °C / 23 °C
- Feb 32 °C / 24 °C
- Mar 33 °C / 25 °C
- Apr 33 °C / 26 °C
- May 33 °C / 26 °C
- Jun 31 °C / 25 °C
Soil
Soil for Banana: 8 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: nitrogen.
- The pH here suits it.
- Many fields here are short of potassium, which it needs a lot.
- Many fields here are short of boron, which it needs a lot.
- Most fields here are short of sulphur.
Likes pH 5.5–7.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 37 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (your district's own figure looked wrong).
Rain gives it too little of the water it needs, so there's no income figure on rain alone: grow it only with irrigation.
Mandi price through the year (December 2025–November 2026): about ₹3,175 a quintal at mandis in your district.
This week: about ₹5,575 a quintal, the middle of 4 mandis in your district (latest 13 Nov).
- ₹3,500 2021
- ₹5,100 2022
- ₹4,000 2023
- ₹4,550 2024
- ₹5,000 2025
Prices are usually best in August.
Typical costs are about ₹2.1 lakh an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.
How to make it work
The better districts with similar soil, rain and warmth get 41 quintals an acre. That's a realistic target.
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Short of potassium Your soil is likely short of potassium.
Add about a quarter more potash (MOP) than the usual dose.
About 21% of local fields of this crop get it.
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Short of sulphur Your soil is likely short of sulphur.
Use single super phosphate instead of DAP, or add about 100 kg of gypsum per acre before sowing.
Few local farmers add it to this crop, so it's an easy place to get ahead.
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Short of boron Your soil is likely short of boron.
Mix 4 kg of borax per acre into the soil before sowing.
Few local farmers add it to this crop, so it's an easy place to get ahead.
What local farmers put on it (share of fields):
- Urea 36%
- Muriate of Potash (MOP) 21%
- Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) 10%
- Bone Meal (Raw) 4%