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 620 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 380 mm it can use in a normal year, and 290 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

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

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

• Jul 29 °C / 18 °C
• Aug 29 °C / 18 °C
• Sep 27 °C / 14 °C
• Oct 23 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)
• Nov 16 °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 9 °C / -1 °C (outside its best range)
• Mar 15 °C / 3 °C (outside its best range)
• Apr 20 °C / 9 °C (outside its best range)

Soil

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

• The pH here suits it.
• Low nitrogen matters less: it makes its own.
• 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 (April–May 2026): about ₹4,375 a quintal across mandis in your state.

Prices are usually best in June.