Black Pepper

Water

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

Temperature

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

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

• Jun 30 °C / 24 °C
• Jul 29 °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 / 24 °C
• Jan 29 °C / 23 °C
• Feb 30 °C / 23 °C
• Mar 31 °C / 23 °C
• Apr 32 °C / 25 °C
• May 31 °C / 25 °C
• Jun 30 °C / 24 °C

Soil

Soil for Black Pepper: 5 out of 10 (poor).

• The pH here suits it.
• Many fields here are short of potassium, which it needs a lot.
• Many fields here are short of sulphur, which it needs a lot.
• Most fields here are short of nitrogen.

Likes pH 6.0–7.0.

Money

Yield: about 1.8 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (your district's own figure looked wrong).

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 ₹65,872 a quintal across India's mandis.

This week: about ₹68,511 a quintal, the middle of 33 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹62,000 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.