Black Pepper

Water

Rain is enough in a normal year. Keep one irrigation ready for a dry year.

Needs about 1,530 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 1,650 mm it can use in a normal year, and 1,370 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

Grows best at 22–35 °C on average, and survives 10–40 °C.

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

• Jun 28 °C / 22 °C
• Jul 26 °C / 21 °C
• Aug 26 °C / 21 °C
• Sep 27 °C / 21 °C
• Oct 28 °C / 21 °C
• Nov 29 °C / 19 °C
• Dec 29 °C / 17 °C
• Jan 29 °C / 16 °C
• Feb 31 °C / 18 °C
• Mar 32 °C / 20 °C
• Apr 33 °C / 22 °C
• May 32 °C / 23 °C
• Jun 28 °C / 22 °C

Soil

Soil for Black Pepper: 7 out of 10 (okay).

• The pH here suits 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 boron.

Likes pH 6.0–7.0.

Money

Yield: about 2.4 quintals an acre here in this season (district figures).

A new planting gives its first real harvest after about 3 years. The money here is for plants already bearing.

Mandi price at last season's harvest (December 2025–March 2026): about ₹65,659 a quintal at mandis in your district.

This week: about ₹72,209 a quintal, the middle of 3 mandis in your district (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹1.1 lakh a year after typical costs.

Prices are usually best in November.

Typical costs are about ₹65,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2024–2026), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.