Only with irrigation: rain gives too little of its water to count on
- Doesn't suit: Too dry without irrigation
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Needs care: Soil 7/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Too dry to grow on rain alone. It would need irrigation.
Needs about 1,400 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 630 mm it can use in a normal year, and 490 mm in a dry year.
Temperature
Grows best at 23–33 °C on average, and survives 12–42 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 32 °C / 25 °C
- Jul 31 °C / 25 °C
- Aug 31 °C / 25 °C
- Sep 32 °C / 25 °C
- Oct 31 °C / 25 °C
- Nov 30 °C / 24 °C
- Dec 31 °C / 23 °C
- Jan 31 °C / 23 °C
- Feb 32 °C / 23 °C
- Mar 34 °C / 25 °C
- Apr 34 °C / 26 °C
- May 33 °C / 26 °C
- Jun 32 °C / 25 °C
Soil
Soil for Banana: 7 out of 10 (okay).
- 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 nitrogen.
Likes pH 5.5–7.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 114 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–May 2026, September–November 2026): about ₹4,750 a quintal at mandis in your district.
This week: about ₹5,875 a quintal, the middle of 8 mandis in your state (latest 13 Nov).
Prices are usually best in September.
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 187 quintals an acre. That's a realistic target.
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Short of nitrogen Your soil is likely short of nitrogen.
Add about a quarter more urea than the usual dose, in two or three splits. A pulse crop in rotation also adds nitrogen.
About 56% of local fields of this crop get it.
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Short of organic carbon Your soil is likely short of organic carbon.
Add 4 tonnes of compost or farmyard manure per acre before sowing, and plough crop leftovers back in instead of burning them.
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 56%
- NPK Mixture 17%
- Muriate of Potash (MOP) 17%
- Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) 12%