Only with irrigation: rain gives too little of its water to count on
- Needs care: Risky: 24 irrigations short
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 9/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain falls about 24 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.
Needs about 1,640 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 480 mm it can use in a normal year, and 280 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 30 °C / 22 °C
- Jul 28 °C / 21 °C
- Aug 28 °C / 21 °C
- Sep 28 °C / 21 °C
- Oct 29 °C / 21 °C
- Nov 29 °C / 19 °C
- Dec 29 °C / 17 °C
- Jan 30 °C / 17 °C
- Feb 33 °C / 19 °C
- Mar 35 °C / 21 °C
- Apr 36 °C / 23 °C
- May 34 °C / 23 °C
- Jun 30 °C / 22 °C
Soil
Soil for Coconut: 9 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 iron.
Likes pH 5.0–8.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 14 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.
Rain gives it too little of the water it needs, so there's no income figure on rain alone: grow it only with irrigation.
Mandi price through the year (December 2025–May 2026, July–November 2026): about ₹4,100 a quintal at mandis in your district.
This week: about ₹4,050 a quintal, the middle of 4 mandis in your district (latest 12 Nov).
- ₹2,800 2021
- ₹2,000 2022
- ₹2,080 2023
- ₹2,600 2024
- ₹4,000 2025
Prices swing a lot from year to year, so income can be well above or below this range.
Prices are usually best in March.
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
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Short of iron Your soil is likely short of iron.
Spray ferrous sulphate, 5 g per litre of water, when young leaves turn yellow.
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 84%
- Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) 42%
- Ammonium Phosphate Sulphate 40%
- Urea Ammonium Phosphate 36%