Beans (Vegetable)
Sow in July, harvest around October
This season's sowing time (June–July) is over.
No figures for your district: its government crop records list no area or yield for this crop. Sold at 2 mandis in your district.
₹1.5 lakh–₹2.3 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹35,000–₹1.1 lakh an acre a season
- Needs care: Risky: 2 irrigations short
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Needs care: Soil 7/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain falls about 2 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.
Needs about 300 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 220 mm it can use in a normal year, and 140 mm in a dry year.
Temperature
Grows best at 16–25 °C on average, and survives 7–32 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jul 28 °C / 20 °C
- Aug 28 °C / 20 °C
- Sep 28 °C / 20 °C
Soil
Soil for Beans (Vegetable): 7 out of 10 (okay).
- The pH here suits it.
- Low nitrogen matters less: it makes its own.
- Many fields here are short of potassium, which it needs a lot.
- Most fields here are short of organic carbon.
- Most fields here are short of sulphur.
Likes pH 5.5–7.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 43 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).
On rain alone it gets about 73% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 73% of this yield.
Mandi price at this season's harvest so far (October–November 2026): about ₹6,000 a quintal at mandis in your district.
This week: about ₹4,200 a quintal, the middle of 25 mandis in your state (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹16,000 a season after typical costs.
Prices are usually best in October.
Typical costs are about ₹1.2 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
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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.
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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.
About 22% of local fields of this crop get it.
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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.
About 22% of local fields of this crop get it.
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Short of iron Your soil is likely short of iron.
Spray ferrous sulphate, 5 g per litre of water, when young leaves turn yellow.
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 92%
- Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) 89%
- Muriate of Potash (MOP) 43%
- Zinc Sulphate Heptahydrate / Monohydrate 22%