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.
₹17,000–₹26,000
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹11,000–₹20,000 an acre a season
- Needs care: Risky: 2 irrigations short
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 8/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain falls about 2 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.
Needs about 400 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 340 mm it can use in a normal year, and 230 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 39 °C / 26 °C
- Jul 34 °C / 26 °C
- Aug 33 °C / 25 °C
- Sep 33 °C / 23 °C
Soil
Soil for Guar Seed (Cluster Bean): 8 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: nitrogen, manganese and boron.
- The pH here suits it.
- Most fields here are short of potassium.
- 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 3.9 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).
On rain alone it gets about 84% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 84% of this yield.
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). At that price an acre would leave about ₹19,000 a season after typical costs.
- ₹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.
How to make it work
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Short of potassium Your soil is likely short of potassium.
Add about a quarter more potash (MOP) than the usual dose.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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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.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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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.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.