Capsicum

Check it on your land
Ready in
140 days
about 4½ months
Temperature
17–30 °C
0° survives 8–35 °C 40°

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Water
Season

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What it needs

Temperature

17–30 °C
0 °C40 °C

Survives 8–35 °C.

Water

The check above works out its water need on your land.

Soil pH

4 acidic7 neutral9 alkaline

Likes neutral soil. Grows from pH 4.5 to 7.

Soil

  • Takes a little salt
  • Ordinary farm soil is fine
  • N Needs plenty of nitrogen and potassium
How the soil score works

Source: FAO ECOCROP crop requirements (via OpenCLIM/ecocrop); FAO-56 crop coefficients (Allen et al. 1998); IMD gridded daily rainfall (0.25°); IMD gridded daily max/min temperature (1°).

Fertiliser for one acre

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Watch out for

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Mandi price, month by month

Best month
October, ₹4,800
Lowest
May, ₹2,028
₹2,028
₹4,800
J F M A M J J A S O N D

Rupees a quintal, typical across India's mandis.

Source: Agmarknet daily prices and arrivals (India Data Portal).

Where it grows in India

Largest grower
Uttar Pradesh
2025-26

States that grow it

Latest state figures for fruits, vegetables, spices and plantation crops.

  1. Uttar Pradesh 1,73,651 t (2025-26)
  2. West Bengal 1,59,311 t (2025-26)
  3. Haryana 82,295 t (2025-26)
  4. Madhya Pradesh 72,703 t (2025-26)
  5. Jharkhand 63,949 t (2025-26)
  6. Himachal Pradesh 57,253 t (2025-26)
  7. Andhra Pradesh 38,325 t (2025-26)
  8. Maharashtra 35,500 t (2025-26)
  9. Karnataka 21,871 t (2025-26)
  10. Uttarakhand 11,589 t (2025-26)

Source: Horticulture area & production statistics (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare).

Districts with the most area (recent figures)

The map colours each district by yield, for districts growing it on at least 100 ha.

No recent district figures for this crop.