Grapes

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 930 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 1,290 mm it can use in a normal year, and 1,080 mm in a dry year.

Heavy rain here can waterlog it. Grow it on raised beds or land that drains well.

Temperature

Grows best at 18–30 °C on average, and survives 10–38 °C.

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

• Jun 27 °C / 20 °C
• Jul 26 °C / 19 °C
• Aug 26 °C / 19 °C
• Sep 26 °C / 19 °C
• Oct 26 °C / 19 °C
• Nov 26 °C / 18 °C
• Dec 26 °C / 17 °C
• Jan 26 °C / 17 °C
• Feb 28 °C / 17 °C
• Mar 29 °C / 19 °C
• Apr 29 °C / 20 °C
• May 29 °C / 20 °C
• Jun 27 °C / 20 °C

Soil

Soil for Grapes: 8 out of 10 (good).

Not in the score: organic carbon and pH.

• Many fields here are short of zinc, which it needs a lot.
• Many fields here are short of boron, which it needs a lot.
• Most fields here are short of nitrogen.

Likes pH 5.5–7.5. We have no pH figures for this place.

Money

Yield: about 77 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).

A new planting gives its first real harvest after about 2 years. The money here is for plants already bearing.

Mandi price at last season's harvest (February–April 2026): about ₹16,000 a quintal at mandis in your district.

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

Prices are usually best in April.

Typical costs are about ₹2.5 lakh an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2024–2026), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.