Green Peas
Sow in October, harvest around April
Still sowing time: sow by the end of November.
No figures for your district: its government crop records list no area or yield for this crop. Sold at 2 mandis in your district.
₹2.5 lakh–₹3.8 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹80,000–₹2.1 lakh an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Needs care: Cool in November
- Suits: Soil 9/10
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 340 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 350 mm it can use in a normal year, and 270 mm in a dry year.
Temperature
Grows best at 10–24 °C on average, and survives 4–30 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Oct 23 °C / 8 °C
- Nov 17 °C / 3 °C (outside its best range)
- Dec 10 °C / -1 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 7 °C / -3 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 10 °C / -1 °C (outside its best range)
- Mar 15 °C / 3 °C (outside its best range)
- Apr 21 °C / 9 °C
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Green Peas: 9 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
Likes pH 5.5–7.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 76 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 (April–May 2026): about ₹4,125 a quintal at mandis in your district.
Prices are usually best in April.
Typical costs are about ₹1.7 lakh 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
What local farmers put on it (share of fields):
- Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) 100%
- Muriate of Potash (MOP) 100%
- Urea 100%