Horse Gram (Kulthi)

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 340 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 570 mm it can use in a normal year, and 410 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 20–28 °C on average, and survives 17–35 °C.

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

• Jun 27 °C / 20 °C
• Jul 27 °C / 21 °C
• Aug 27 °C / 20 °C
• Sep 27 °C / 20 °C

Soil

Soil for Horse Gram (Kulthi): 8 out of 10 (good).

Not in the score: organic carbon.

• The pH here suits it.
• Salt in the soil here can harm it.
• Low nitrogen matters less: it makes its own.
• Most fields here are short of potassium.

Likes pH 5.5–7.0.

Money

Yield: about 2.5 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).

Mandi price at this season's harvest so far (October–November 2026): about ₹5,459 a quintal across India's mandis.

This week: about ₹4,963 a quintal, the middle of 12 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹4,000 a season after typical costs.

Prices swing a lot from year to year, so income can be well above or below this range.

Prices are usually best in October.

Typical costs are about ₹8,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.