Green Chillies

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 570 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 670 mm it can use in a normal year, and 580 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

Grows best at 17–30 °C on average, and survives 8–35 °C.

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

• Jun 37 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
• Jul 31 °C / 24 °C
• Aug 30 °C / 24 °C
• Sep 30 °C / 24 °C
• Oct 31 °C / 20 °C
• Nov 28 °C / 14 °C

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Green Chillies: 8 out of 10 (good).

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

Likes pH 5.5–6.8.

Money

Yield: about 29 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 (December 2025): about ₹3,800 a quintal across mandis in your state.

This week: about ₹3,300 a quintal, the middle of 3 mandis in your state (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹45,000 a season after typical costs.

Prices are usually best in February.

Typical costs are about ₹49,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.