₹55,000–₹82,000
per acre a year, before costs
once bearing, from about year 5
After typical costs: ₹28,000–₹55,000 an acre a year
- Needs care: Risky: 4 irrigations short
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 9/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain falls about 4 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.
Needs about 1,540 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 1,350 mm it can use in a normal year, and 900 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 / 23 °C
- Jul 29 °C / 23 °C
- Aug 30 °C / 23 °C
- Sep 30 °C / 24 °C
- Oct 31 °C / 24 °C
- Nov 31 °C / 24 °C
- Dec 32 °C / 23 °C
- Jan 33 °C / 23 °C
- Feb 34 °C / 24 °C
- Mar 35 °C / 25 °C
- Apr 34 °C / 26 °C
- May 33 °C / 25 °C
- Jun 30 °C / 23 °C
Soil
Soil for Coconut: 9 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: nitrogen.
- The pH here suits it.
- Many fields here are short of boron, which it needs a lot.
- Most fields here are short of sulphur.
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.
On rain alone it gets about 88% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 88% of this yield.
Mandi price through the year (December 2025–May 2026, July–November 2026): about ₹5,700 a quintal at mandis in your district.
This week: about ₹5,700 a quintal, the middle of 3 mandis in your district (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹42,000 a year after typical costs.
- ₹2,980 2022
- ₹2,900 2023
- ₹3,500 2024
- ₹6,700 2025
Prices swing a lot from year to year, so income can be well above or below this range.
Prices are usually best in December.
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 23 quintals an acre. That's a realistic target.
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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.
What local farmers put on it (share of fields):
- Muriate of Potash (MOP) 14%
- Urea 12%
- Urea Ammonium Phosphate 10%
- Ammonium Phosphate Sulphate / Nitrogen Phosphate 4%