Capsicum

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 430 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 3,350 mm it can use in a normal year, and 2,560 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 17–30 °C on average, and survives 8–35 °C.

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

• Jun 26 °C / 20 °C
• Jul 26 °C / 21 °C
• Aug 27 °C / 21 °C
• Sep 26 °C / 20 °C
• Oct 25 °C / 18 °C

Soil

Soil for Capsicum: 8 out of 10 (good).

• The pH here suits it, though not most crops.
• Many fields here are short of nitrogen, which it needs a lot.
• Many fields here are short of potassium, which it needs a lot.
• Most fields here are short of boron.

Likes pH 5.5–6.8.

Money

Yield: about 32 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 (December 2025): about ₹8,500 a quintal at mandis in your district.

This week: about ₹4,000 a quintal, the middle of 189 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹63,000 a season after typical costs.

Prices are usually best in December.

Typical costs are about ₹67,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.