Guar Seed (Cluster Bean)
Sow in July, harvest around October
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.
₹10,000–₹15,000
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹4,000–₹9,000 an acre a season
- Needs care: Risky: 2 irrigations short
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 9/10
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 350 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 260 mm it can use in a normal year, and 190 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):
- Jul 31 °C / 23 °C
- Aug 31 °C / 23 °C
- Sep 31 °C / 22 °C
- Oct 31 °C / 22 °C
Soil
Soil for Guar Seed (Cluster Bean): 9 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
- Low nitrogen matters less: it makes its own.
- Most fields here are short of boron.
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).
On rain alone it gets about 73% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 73% of this yield.
Mandi price at this season's harvest so far (October–November 2026): about ₹7,306 a quintal across India's mandis.
This week: about ₹7,700 a quintal, the middle of 28 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹7,000 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 boron Your soil is likely short of boron.
Mix 4 kg of borax per acre into the soil before sowing.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.