Green Peas
Sow in November, harvest around February
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 1 mandi in your district.
₹29,000–₹44,000
per acre a season, before costs
At typical costs, from a loss of ₹9,000 to a profit of ₹5,000 an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 8/10
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 180 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 20 mm it can use in a normal year (0 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 160 mm from the monsoon at sowing.
Temperature
Grows best at 10–24 °C on average, and survives 4–30 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Nov 21 °C / 10 °C
- Dec 18 °C / 6 °C
- Jan 16 °C / 5 °C
- Feb 19 °C / 7 °C
Soil
Soil for Green Peas: 8 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
- Low nitrogen matters less: it makes its own.
- Many fields here are short of potassium, which it needs a lot.
Likes pH 5.5–7.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 28 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 (February–March 2026): about ₹1,300 a quintal at mandis in your district.
Prices are usually best in December.
Typical costs are about ₹39,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2024–2026), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.