Fennel

Water

Rain is enough in a normal year. Keep one irrigation ready for a dry year.

Needs about 480 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 640 mm it can use in a normal year, and 380 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

Grows best at 15–25 °C on average, and survives 6–32 °C.

Here, in its growing months (day / night):

• Oct 32 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
• Nov 30 °C / 24 °C (outside its best range)
• Dec 28 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)
• Jan 29 °C / 22 °C (outside its best range)
• Feb 30 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)
• Mar 33 °C / 24 °C (outside its best range)

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Fennel: 7 out of 10 (okay).

• The pH here suits it.
• Many fields here are short of sulphur, which it needs a lot.
• Most fields here are short of nitrogen.
• Most fields here are short of organic carbon.

Likes pH 6.5–7.5.

Money

Yield: about 6.6 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).

Mandi price at last season's harvest (March–April 2026): about ₹9,711 a quintal across India's mandis.

This week: about ₹11,100 a quintal, the middle of 6 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹40,000 a season after typical costs.

Prices swing a lot from year to year, so income can be well above or below this range.

Prices are usually best in November.

Typical costs are about ₹34,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2024–2026), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.