Lablab Bean (Sem)

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 590 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 710 mm it can use in a normal year (540 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 200 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):

• Nov 20 °C / 9 °C (outside its best range)
• Dec 16 °C / 6 °C (outside its best range)
• Jan 15 °C / 4 °C (outside its best range)
• Feb 16 °C / 5 °C (outside its best range)
• Mar 19 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)
• Apr 22 °C / 11 °C (outside its best range)
• May 24 °C / 13 °C
• Jun 25 °C / 16 °C

Soil

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

• The pH here suits it.
• Low nitrogen matters less: it makes its own.

Likes pH 5.0–7.5.

Money

No yield records for this crop yet.

Mandi price at last season's harvest (June–July 2026): about ₹7,050 a quintal across India's mandis.

Prices are usually best in June.