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 3 mandis in your district.
₹2.2 lakh–₹3.3 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹1.1 lakh–₹2.2 lakh an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Doesn't suit: Too hot here in this season
- Needs care: Soil 5/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough in a normal year. Keep one irrigation ready for a dry year.
Needs about 320 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 380 mm it can use in a normal year, and 300 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 34 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
- Aug 33 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
- Sep 33 °C / 24 °C (outside its best range)
Soil
Soil for Beans (Vegetable): 5 out of 10 (poor).
Not in the score: nitrogen, organic carbon, pH and 3 more.
- Many fields here are short of potassium, which it needs a lot.
Likes pH 5.5–7.5. We have no pH figures for this place.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 39 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).
Mandi price at this season's harvest so far (October–November 2026): about ₹6,950 a quintal at mandis in your district.
This week: about ₹4,000 a quintal, the middle of 11 mandis in your state (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹52,000 a season after typical costs.
- ₹4,000 2023
- ₹4,500 2024
- ₹4,750 2025
Prices are usually best in November.
Typical costs are about ₹1.0 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 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.