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. Priced from mandis across your state.
₹3.5 lakh–₹5.2 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹2.0 lakh–₹3.7 lakh an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Doesn't suit: Too hot here in this season
- Suits: Soil 9/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough, even in a dry year.
Needs about 330 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 650 mm it can use in a normal year, and 530 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 32 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
- Jul 33 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
- Aug 33 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
Soil
Soil for Beans (Vegetable): 9 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it, though not most crops.
- 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 56 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 ₹7,750 a quintal across mandis in your state.
Prices are usually best in September.
Typical costs are about ₹1.5 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.