Guar Seed (Cluster Bean)
Sow in June, harvest around September
This season's sowing time (June–July) is over.
Grown on 12.0 lakh acres here. Priced from mandis across your state.
₹7,000–₹10,000
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹594–₹4,000 an acre a season
- Needs care: Risky: 8 irrigations short
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Needs care: Soil 7/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain falls about 8 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.
Needs about 480 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 90 mm it can use in a normal year, and 30 mm in a dry year.
Temperature
Grows best at 25–35 °C on average, and survives 10–45 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 42 °C / 28 °C
- Jul 39 °C / 28 °C
- Aug 36 °C / 26 °C
- Sep 38 °C / 25 °C
Soil
Soil for Guar Seed (Cluster Bean): 7 out of 10 (okay).
Not in the score: nitrogen, sulphur and boron.
- Soil here is often more alkaline than it likes.
- Most fields here are short of organic carbon.
- Most fields here are short of zinc.
- Most fields here are short of iron.
Likes pH 7.5–8.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 1.3 quintals an acre here in this season (district figures).
Mandi price at last season's harvest (September–October 2026): about ₹6,680 a quintal across mandis in your state.
This week: about ₹7,700 a quintal, the middle of 26 mandis in your state (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹4,000 a season after typical costs.
- ₹3,860 2021
- ₹5,370 2022
- ₹5,110 2023
- ₹4,930 2024
- ₹4,730 2025
Prices are usually best in November.
Typical costs are about ₹6,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.
How to make it work
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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.
Few local farmers add it to this crop, so it's an easy place to get ahead.
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Short of zinc Your soil is likely short of zinc.
Mix 10 kg of zinc sulphate per acre into the soil before sowing. One dose lasts two or three seasons.
Few local farmers add it to this crop, so it's an easy place to get ahead.
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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.
Few local farmers add it to this crop, so it's an easy place to get ahead.
What local farmers put on it (share of fields):
- Urea 5%
- Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) 3%