₹55,000–₹83,000
per acre a year, before costs
once bearing, from about year 5
After typical costs: ₹29,000–₹56,000 an acre a year
- Needs care: Risky: 18 irrigations short
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 8/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain falls about 18 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.
Needs about 1,700 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 830 mm it can use in a normal year, and 610 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 32 °C / 22 °C
- Jul 30 °C / 22 °C
- Aug 31 °C / 22 °C
- Sep 31 °C / 22 °C
- Oct 31 °C / 22 °C
- Nov 30 °C / 21 °C
- Dec 30 °C / 20 °C
- Jan 31 °C / 20 °C
- Feb 33 °C / 21 °C
- Mar 35 °C / 23 °C
- Apr 35 °C / 24 °C
- May 34 °C / 24 °C
- Jun 32 °C / 22 °C
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 organic carbon.
Likes pH 5.0–8.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 25 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (your district's own figure looked wrong).
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 49% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 49% of this yield.
Mandi price through the year (December 2025–May 2026, July–October 2026): about ₹5,750 a quintal at mandis in your district.
This week: about ₹5,400 a quintal, the middle of 9 mandis in your state (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹38,000 a year after typical costs.
- ₹2,730 2021
- ₹2,100 2022
- ₹2,100 2023
- ₹3,050 2024
- ₹6,880 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 30 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 72% of local fields of this crop get it.
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Short of organic carbon Your soil is likely short of organic carbon.
Add 4 tonnes of compost or farmyard manure per acre before sowing, and plough crop leftovers back in instead of burning them.
Few local farmers add it to this crop, so it's an easy place to get ahead.
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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.
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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 72%
- Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) 24%
- Muriate of Potash (MOP) 13%
- Single Super Phosphate (SSP) 8%