Garlic
Sow in October, harvest around March
This season's sowing time (October) is over.
No figures for your district: its government crop records list no area or yield for this crop. Priced from mandis across your state.
₹2.6 lakh–₹3.9 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹1.7 lakh–₹3.0 lakh an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Needs care: Soil 7/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough in a normal year. Keep one irrigation ready for a dry year.
Needs about 470 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 400 mm it can use in a normal year (250 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 100 mm from the monsoon at sowing.
Temperature
Grows best at 18–30 °C on average, and survives 7–35 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Oct 32 °C / 25 °C
- Nov 30 °C / 23 °C
- Dec 29 °C / 21 °C
- Jan 30 °C / 20 °C
- Feb 32 °C / 21 °C
Soil
Soil for Garlic: 7 out of 10 (okay).
- The pH here suits it.
- Many fields here are short of potassium, which it needs a lot.
- Many fields here are short of sulphur, which it needs a lot.
- Most fields here are short of nitrogen.
Likes pH 6.0–6.6.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 24 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).
Mandi price at last season's harvest (March–April 2026): about ₹13,500 a quintal across mandis in your state.
This week: about ₹24,500 a quintal, the middle of 4 mandis in your state (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹5.0 lakh a season after typical costs.
Prices are usually best in August.
Typical costs are about ₹88,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2024–2026), 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.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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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.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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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.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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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.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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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.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.