Fenugreek (Methi)

Water

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

Needs about 270 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 70 mm it can use in a normal year (30 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 200 mm from the monsoon at sowing.

Temperature

Grows best at 13–27 °C on average, and survives 5–32 °C.

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

• Oct 28 °C / 19 °C
• Nov 26 °C / 15 °C
• Dec 26 °C / 12 °C
• Jan 26 °C / 12 °C

Soil

Soil for Fenugreek (Methi): 8 out of 10 (good).

• Soil here is often more acidic than it likes.
• Low nitrogen matters less: it makes its own.
• Many fields here are short of sulphur, which it needs a lot.
• Most fields here are short of phosphorus.
• Most fields here are short of organic carbon.

Likes pH 7.0–7.5.

Money

Yield: about 6.7 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).

Mandi price at last season's harvest (January–February 2026): about ₹5,199 a quintal across India's mandis.

This week: about ₹7,336 a quintal, the middle of 20 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹30,000 a season after typical costs.

Prices are usually best in November.

Typical costs are about ₹19,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2024–2026), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.