Lablab Bean (Sem)

Water

Rain falls about 5 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

Needs about 780 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 570 mm it can use in a normal year (420 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 10 mm from the monsoon at sowing.

Temperature

Grows best at 18–32 °C on average, and survives 3–38 °C.

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

• Oct 23 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)
• Nov 17 °C / 3 °C (outside its best range)
• Dec 10 °C / -1 °C (outside its best range)
• Jan 7 °C / -3 °C (outside its best range)
• Feb 10 °C / -1 °C (outside its best range)
• Mar 15 °C / 3 °C (outside its best range)
• Apr 21 °C / 9 °C (outside its best range)
• May 25 °C / 12 °C
• Jun 28 °C / 16 °C
• Jul 28 °C / 18 °C

Soil

Soil for Lablab Bean (Sem): 9 out of 10 (good).

• The pH here suits it.

Likes pH 5.0–7.5.

Money

No yield records for this crop yet.

On rain alone it gets about 74% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 74% of this yield.

Mandi price at last season's harvest (July–August 2026): about ₹5,063 a quintal across mandis in your state.

Prices are usually best in June.