Only with irrigation: rain gives too little of its water to count on
- Doesn't suit: Too dry without irrigation
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Needs care: Soil 7/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Too dry to grow on rain alone. It would need irrigation.
Needs about 1,740 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 690 mm it can use in a normal year, and 450 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 36 °C / 26 °C
- Jul 35 °C / 26 °C
- Aug 34 °C / 25 °C
- Sep 34 °C / 25 °C
- Oct 32 °C / 24 °C
- Nov 30 °C / 22 °C
- Dec 29 °C / 21 °C
- Jan 30 °C / 20 °C
- Feb 32 °C / 21 °C
- Mar 35 °C / 23 °C
- Apr 36 °C / 26 °C
- May 38 °C / 27 °C
- Jun 36 °C / 26 °C
Soil
Soil for Coconut: 7 out of 10 (okay).
Not in the score: manganese.
- 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 22 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
The better districts with similar soil, rain and warmth get 27 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 74% 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 zinc Your soil is likely short of zinc.
Mix 10 kg of zinc sulphate per acre into the soil before sowing. One dose lasts two or three seasons.
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):
- Single Super Phosphate (SSP) 74%
- Urea 74%
- Muriate of Potash (MOP) 19%
- Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) 6%