Only with irrigation: rain gives too little of its water to count on
- Doesn't suit: Too dry without irrigation
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 8/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Too dry to grow on rain alone. It would need irrigation.
Needs about 1,780 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 420 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 34 °C / 24 °C
- Jul 33 °C / 23 °C
- Aug 33 °C / 24 °C
- Sep 33 °C / 23 °C
- Oct 32 °C / 23 °C
- Nov 31 °C / 22 °C
- Dec 30 °C / 20 °C
- Jan 32 °C / 20 °C
- Feb 34 °C / 21 °C
- Mar 36 °C / 23 °C
- Apr 37 °C / 25 °C
- May 36 °C / 25 °C
- Jun 34 °C / 24 °C
Soil
Soil for Coconut: 8 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
- Most fields here are short of nitrogen.
- Most fields here are short of organic carbon.
- Most fields here are short of sulphur.
Likes pH 5.0–8.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 25 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 ₹5,500 a quintal across mandis in your state.
This week: about ₹5,400 a quintal, the middle of 9 mandis in your state (latest 13 Nov).
- ₹2,700 2021
- ₹2,220 2022
- ₹2,240 2023
- ₹3,030 2024
- ₹6,250 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
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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 73% 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 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.
About 45% of local fields of this crop get it.
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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 manganese Your soil is likely short of manganese.
Spray manganese sulphate, 5 g per litre of water, on the young crop.
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 73%
- Single Super Phosphate (SSP) 45%
- Muriate of Potash (MOP) 43%
- Ammonium Phosphate Sulphate / Nitrogen Phosphate 1%