₹77,000–₹1.2 lakh
per acre a year, before costs
once bearing, from about year 5
After typical costs: ₹50,000–₹88,000 an acre a year
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Needs care: Soil 7/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough, even in a dry year.
Needs about 1,560 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 3,340 mm it can use in a normal year, and 2,830 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 22–34 °C on average, and survives 14–38 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 30 °C / 24 °C
- Jul 29 °C / 23 °C
- Aug 29 °C / 24 °C
- Sep 30 °C / 23 °C
- Oct 31 °C / 23 °C
- Nov 32 °C / 22 °C
- Dec 32 °C / 21 °C
- Jan 32 °C / 20 °C
- Feb 33 °C / 21 °C
- Mar 34 °C / 23 °C
- Apr 35 °C / 25 °C
- May 34 °C / 25 °C
- Jun 30 °C / 24 °C
Soil
Soil for Coconut: 7 out of 10 (okay).
Not in the score: pH.
- Many fields here are short of potassium, which it needs a lot.
- Many fields here are short of boron, which it needs a lot.
- Most fields here are short of nitrogen.
Likes pH 5.0–8.0. We have no pH figures for this place.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 21 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.
Mandi price through the year (January–May 2026, July–November 2026): about ₹4,650 a quintal at mandis in your district.
This week: about ₹4,700 a quintal, the middle of 34 mandis in your state (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹70,000 a year after typical costs.
- ₹2,900 2021
- ₹2,800 2022
- ₹3,050 2023
- ₹2,800 2024
- ₹4,650 2025
Prices are usually best in January.
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 16 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 37% of local fields of this crop get it.
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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 37%
- Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) 30%
- Muriate of Potash (MOP) 4%
- Single Super Phosphate (SSP) 3%