₹48,000–₹72,000
per acre a year, before costs
once bearing, from about year 5
After typical costs: ₹21,000–₹45,000 an acre a year
- Needs care: Risky: 8 irrigations short
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 8/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain falls about 8 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.
Needs about 1,470 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 1,070 mm it can use in a normal year, and 810 mm in a dry year.
Temperature
Grows best at 22–34 °C on average, and survives 14–38 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 27 °C / 20 °C
- Jul 25 °C / 20 °C
- Aug 25 °C / 20 °C
- Sep 26 °C / 20 °C
- Oct 28 °C / 20 °C
- Nov 28 °C / 18 °C
- Dec 28 °C / 16 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 29 °C / 16 °C
- Feb 30 °C / 17 °C
- Mar 32 °C / 19 °C
- Apr 32 °C / 21 °C
- May 31 °C / 21 °C
- Jun 27 °C / 20 °C
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Coconut: 8 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
- Many fields here are short of boron, which it needs a lot.
- Most fields here are short of nitrogen.
- Most fields here are short of sulphur.
Likes pH 5.0–8.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 15 quintals an acre here in this season (district figures).
A new planting gives its first real harvest after about 5 years. The money here is for plants already bearing.
On rain alone it gets about 73% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 73% of this yield.
Mandi price through the year (February–May 2026, July–November 2026): about ₹5,472 a quintal at mandis in your district.
This week: about ₹5,343 a quintal, the middle of 3 mandis in your district (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹32,000 a year after typical costs.
- ₹2,330 2021
- ₹2,330 2022
- ₹2,370 2023
- ₹2,470 2024
- ₹5,500 2025
Prices swing a lot from year to year, so income can be well above or below this range.
Prices are usually best in October.
Typical costs are about ₹27,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.
How to make it work
The better districts with similar soil, rain and warmth get 27 quintals an acre. That's a realistic target.
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Short of nitrogen Your soil is likely short of nitrogen.
Add about a quarter more urea than the usual dose, in two or three splits. A pulse crop in rotation also adds nitrogen.
About 30% of local fields of this crop get it.
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Short of sulphur Your soil is likely short of sulphur.
Use single super phosphate instead of DAP, or add about 100 kg of gypsum per acre before sowing.
Few local farmers add it to this crop, so it's an easy place to get ahead.
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Short of boron Your soil is likely short of boron.
Mix 4 kg of borax per acre into the soil before sowing.
Few local farmers add it to this crop, so it's an easy place to get ahead.
What local farmers put on it (share of fields):
- Urea 30%
- Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) 24%
- Muriate of Potash (MOP) 7%
- Single Super Phosphate (SSP) 4%