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 1,320 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 840 mm it can use in a normal year, and 760 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 31 °C / 26 °C
- Aug 32 °C / 26 °C
- Sep 32 °C / 25 °C
- Oct 31 °C / 23 °C
- Nov 28 °C / 18 °C (outside its best range)
- Dec 25 °C / 14 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 24 °C / 12 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 28 °C / 14 °C (outside its best range)
- Mar 32 °C / 19 °C
- Apr 33 °C / 22 °C
- May 32 °C / 24 °C
- Jun 31 °C / 25 °C
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Banana: 8 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: sulphur.
- 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 zinc, 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 53 quintals an acre here (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 (April 2026, August–November 2026): about ₹3,500 a quintal at mandis in your district.
This week: about ₹4,300 a quintal, the middle of 380 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov).
Prices are usually best in April.
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 66 quintals an acre. That's a realistic target.
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Short of phosphorus Your soil is likely short of phosphorus.
Add about a quarter more DAP or single super phosphate than the usual dose, at sowing.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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Short of zinc Your soil is likely short of zinc.
Mix 10 kg of zinc sulphate per acre into the soil before sowing. One dose lasts two or three seasons.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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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.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.