Guar Seed (Cluster Bean)
Sow in June, harvest around September
This season's sowing time (June–July) is over.
No figures for your district: its government crop records list no area or yield for this crop. Priced from mandis across India.
Only with irrigation: rain gives too little of its water to count on
- Needs care: Risky: 3 irrigations short
- Doesn't suit: Too cold here in this season
- Suits: Soil 10/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain falls about 3 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.
Needs about 310 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 180 mm it can use in a normal year, and 120 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 22 °C / 10 °C (outside its best range)
- Jul 22 °C / 12 °C (outside its best range)
- Aug 21 °C / 11 °C (outside its best range)
- Sep 19 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)
Soil
Soil for Guar Seed (Cluster Bean): 10 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
- Low nitrogen matters less: it makes its own.
Likes pH 7.5–8.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 2.4 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).
Rain gives it too little of the water it needs, so there's no income figure on rain alone: grow it only with irrigation.
Mandi price at last season's harvest (September–October 2026): about ₹6,556 a quintal across India's mandis.
This week: about ₹7,750 a quintal, the middle of 29 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov).
- ₹3,780 2021
- ₹5,300 2022
- ₹5,150 2023
- ₹4,900 2024
- ₹4,640 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.