Lablab Bean (Sem)

Water

Too dry to grow on rain alone. It would need irrigation.

Needs about 580 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 100 mm it can use in a normal year (60 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 0 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 29 °C / 20 °C
• Nov 28 °C / 19 °C
• Dec 28 °C / 17 °C
• Jan 30 °C / 17 °C
• Feb 32 °C / 18 °C
• Mar 34 °C / 21 °C

Soil

Soil for Lablab Bean (Sem): 8 out of 10 (good).

Not in the score: nitrogen.

• The pH here suits it.
• Many fields here are short of potassium, which it needs a lot.
• Most fields here are short of zinc.
• Most fields here are short of iron.

Likes pH 5.0–7.5.

Money

No yield records for this crop yet.

Rain gives it too little of the water it needs, so there's no income figure on rain alone: grow it only with irrigation.

Mandi price at last season's harvest (March–April 2026): about ₹3,363 a quintal across mandis in your state.

Prices are usually best in June.