Beans (Vegetable)
Sow in June, harvest around September
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 8 mandis in your district.
₹2.4 lakh–₹3.6 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹1.2 lakh–₹2.4 lakh an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Needs care: Warm in June
- Suits: Soil 9/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough, even in a dry year.
Needs about 270 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 860 mm it can use in a normal year, and 670 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 16–25 °C on average, and survives 7–32 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 30 °C / 24 °C (outside its best range)
- Jul 29 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)
- Aug 29 °C / 24 °C (outside its best range)
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Beans (Vegetable): 9 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: nitrogen.
- The pH here suits it.
- Many fields here are short of potassium, which it needs a lot.
- Most fields here are short of boron.
Likes pH 5.5–7.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 45 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).
Mandi price at last season's harvest (September–October 2026): about ₹6,600 a quintal at mandis in your district.
- ₹4,030 2021
- ₹4,270 2022
- ₹5,060 2023
- ₹5,890 2024
- ₹5,110 2025
Prices are usually best in May.
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 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.