Only with irrigation: rain gives too little of its water to count on
- Needs care: Risky: 15 irrigations short
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 9/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain falls about 15 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 790 mm it can use in a normal year, and 550 mm in a dry year.
About 19% of Coconut in West Godavari, the nearest district with figures, is grown on rain alone. Your district has no figure of its own.
Temperature
Grows best at 22–34 °C on average, and survives 14–38 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 35 °C / 27 °C
- Jul 33 °C / 26 °C
- Aug 32 °C / 26 °C
- Sep 32 °C / 26 °C
- Oct 32 °C / 25 °C
- Nov 30 °C / 22 °C
- Dec 29 °C / 20 °C
- Jan 29 °C / 20 °C
- Feb 30 °C / 21 °C
- Mar 33 °C / 23 °C
- Apr 35 °C / 26 °C
- May 37 °C / 28 °C
- Jun 35 °C / 27 °C
Soil
Soil for Coconut: 9 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
- Many fields here are short of boron, which it needs a lot.
Likes pH 5.0–8.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 22 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.
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 ₹5,000 a quintal across India's mandis.
This week: about ₹3,300 a quintal, the middle of 3 mandis in your district (latest 13 Nov).
- ₹2,850 2021
- ₹2,530 2022
- ₹2,430 2023
- ₹3,030 2024
- ₹6,010 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 boron Your soil is likely short of boron.
Mix 4 kg of borax per acre into the soil before sowing.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.