Guava

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 860 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 3,950 mm it can use in a normal year, and 3,310 mm in a dry year.

Heavy rain here can waterlog it. Grow it on raised beds or land that drains well.

Temperature

Grows best at 20–33 °C on average, and survives 10–45 °C.

Here, in its growing months (day / night):

• Jun 24 °C / 18 °C
• Jul 24 °C / 18 °C
• Aug 24 °C / 18 °C
• Sep 24 °C / 17 °C
• Oct 23 °C / 15 °C (outside its best range)
• Nov 20 °C / 11 °C (outside its best range)
• Dec 17 °C / 7 °C (outside its best range)
• Jan 16 °C / 6 °C (outside its best range)
• Feb 18 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)
• Mar 22 °C / 11 °C (outside its best range)
• Apr 23 °C / 14 °C (outside its best range)
• May 24 °C / 15 °C (outside its best range)
• Jun 24 °C / 18 °C

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Nights in January can bring frost. When frost is forecast, water the field lightly in the evening.

Soil

Soil for Guava: 8 out of 10 (good).

• The pH here suits it, though not most crops.
• Many fields here are short of potassium, which it needs a lot.
• Many fields here are short of zinc, which it needs a lot.
• Many fields here are short of boron, which it needs a lot.

Likes pH 5.5–7.5.

Money

Yield: about 60 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).

A new planting gives its first real harvest after about 2 years. The money here is for plants already bearing.

Mandi price at last season's harvest (November 2025): about ₹7,000 a quintal across mandis in your state.

This week: about ₹4,000 a quintal, the middle of 128 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹1.5 lakh a year after typical costs.

Prices are usually best in November.

Typical costs are about ₹86,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2024–2026), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.