Khesari (Grass Pea)
Sow in November, harvest around March
Still sowing time: sow by the end of November.
No figures for your district: its government crop records list no area or yield for this crop.
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- Suits: Rain is enough
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 10/10
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 230 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 60 mm it can use in a normal year (30 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 170 mm from the monsoon at sowing.
Temperature
Grows best at 10–28 °C on average, and survives 4–32 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Nov 23 °C / 11 °C
- Dec 19 °C / 8 °C
- Jan 16 °C / 6 °C
- Feb 20 °C / 10 °C
- Mar 25 °C / 14 °C
Soil
Soil for Khesari (Grass Pea): 10 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: nitrogen, organic carbon, sulphur and boron.
- The pH here suits it.
Likes pH 6.0–7.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 3.3 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).
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