Guar Seed (Cluster Bean)
Sow in June, harvest around September
This season's sowing time (June–July) is over.
Grown on 2,113 acres here. Sold at 4 mandis in your district.
₹15,000–₹23,000
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹9,000–₹16,000 an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 9/10
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 360 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 400 mm it can use in a normal year, and 250 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 37 °C / 27 °C
- Jul 33 °C / 26 °C
- Aug 32 °C / 25 °C
- Sep 33 °C / 24 °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 2.9 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (your district's own figure looked wrong).
Mandi price at last season's harvest (September–October 2026): about ₹6,588 a quintal at mandis in your district.
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 ₹16,000 a season after typical costs.
- ₹4,070 2021
- ₹5,020 2022
- ₹5,250 2023
- ₹4,830 2024
- ₹4,610 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
The better districts with similar soil, rain and warmth get 4.8 quintals an acre. That's a realistic target.
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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.