Only with irrigation: rain gives too little of its water to count on
- Doesn't suit: Too dry without irrigation
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 8/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Too dry to grow on rain alone. It would need irrigation.
Needs about 1,450 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 700 mm it can use in a normal year, and 640 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 30 °C / 24 °C
- Jul 28 °C / 23 °C
- Aug 28 °C / 23 °C
- Sep 29 °C / 23 °C
- Oct 31 °C / 23 °C
- Nov 32 °C / 23 °C
- Dec 32 °C / 21 °C
- Jan 32 °C / 21 °C
- Feb 33 °C / 22 °C
- Mar 34 °C / 24 °C
- Apr 34 °C / 25 °C
- May 33 °C / 25 °C
- Jun 30 °C / 24 °C
Soil
Soil for Banana: 8 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: nitrogen.
- The pH here suits it, though not most crops.
- Many fields here are short of potassium, which it needs a lot.
- Many fields here are short of boron, which it needs a lot.
Likes pH 5.5–7.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 40 quintals an acre here in this season (district figures).
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 ₹5,850 a quintal at mandis in your district.
This week: about ₹8,500 a quintal, the middle of 3 mandis in your district (latest 12 Nov).
- ₹3,250 2021
- ₹5,000 2022
- ₹4,450 2023
- ₹5,100 2024
- ₹6,000 2025
Prices swing a lot from year to year, so income can be well above or below this range.
Prices are usually best in November.
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 51 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 57% of local fields of this crop get it.
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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):
- Muriate of Potash (MOP) 57%
- Urea 9%
- NPK Mixture 8%
- Calcium Ammonium Nitrate 0%