Betel Leaves

Water

Needs about 1,380 mm of water here in its growing months.

Temperature

Grows best at 22–27 °C on average, and survives 17–31 °C.

Here, in its growing months (day / night):

• Jun 30 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
• Jul 30 °C / 24 °C
• Aug 29 °C / 24 °C
• Sep 29 °C / 24 °C
• Oct 30 °C / 24 °C
• Nov 30 °C / 24 °C
• Dec 29 °C / 23 °C
• Jan 29 °C / 22 °C
• Feb 30 °C / 22 °C
• Mar 31 °C / 23 °C
• Apr 32 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
• May 31 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
• Jun 30 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Betel Leaves: 4 out of 10 (poor).

• Soil here is often too alkaline for it.
• Many fields here are short of potassium, which it needs a lot.
• Most fields here are short of nitrogen.
• Most fields here are short of phosphorus.

Likes pH 5.0–5.6.

Money

Yield: about 87 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).

Mandi price through the year (December 2025–November 2026): about ₹15,000 a quintal across India's mandis.

This week: about ₹7,750 a quintal, the middle of 6 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹1.2 lakh a year after typical costs.

Prices are usually best in March.

Typical costs are about ₹5.6 lakh an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.