₹63,000–₹95,000
per acre a year, before costs
once bearing, from about year 5
After typical costs: ₹36,000–₹68,000 an acre a year
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 8/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough in a normal year. Keep one irrigation ready for a dry year.
Needs about 1,470 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 1,650 mm it can use in a normal year, and 1,370 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 28 °C / 22 °C
- Jul 26 °C / 21 °C
- Aug 26 °C / 21 °C
- Sep 27 °C / 21 °C
- Oct 28 °C / 21 °C
- Nov 29 °C / 19 °C
- Dec 29 °C / 17 °C
- Jan 29 °C / 16 °C
- Feb 31 °C / 18 °C
- Mar 32 °C / 20 °C
- Apr 33 °C / 22 °C
- May 32 °C / 23 °C
- Jun 28 °C / 22 °C
Soil
Soil for Coconut: 8 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
- 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.
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.
Mandi price through the year (December 2025–May 2026, July–November 2026): about ₹5,674 a quintal at mandis in your district.
This week: about ₹5,956 a quintal, the middle of 2 mandis in your district (latest 12 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹56,000 a year after typical costs.
- ₹4,350 2021
- ₹3,520 2022
- ₹3,390 2023
- ₹4,380 2024
- ₹7,200 2025
Prices swing a lot from year to year, so income can be well above or below this range.
Prices are usually best in November.
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 14 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.
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 6%
- Muriate of Potash (MOP) 2%
- Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) 1%
- Zinc Sulphate Heptahydrate / Monohydrate 0%