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 1,310 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 / 26 °C
- Oct 31 °C / 23 °C
- Nov 29 °C / 18 °C
- Dec 26 °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 31 °C / 19 °C
- Apr 32 °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).
- The pH here suits it.
- 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 75 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 (September 2024–August 2025): about ₹1,988 a quintal across mandis in your state.
This week: about ₹4,300 a quintal, the middle of 380 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov).
Prices are usually best in June.
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 73 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.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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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.
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.