Lablab Bean (Sem)

Water

Rain falls about 4 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 470 mm it can use in a normal year, and 330 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 28 °C / 17 °C
• Aug 28 °C / 17 °C
• Sep 25 °C / 13 °C
• Oct 21 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)
• Nov 15 °C / 3 °C (outside its best range)
• Dec 10 °C / -1 °C (outside its best range)
• Jan 6 °C / -3 °C (outside its best range)
• Feb 8 °C / -1 °C (outside its best range)
• Mar 14 °C / 2 °C (outside its best range)
• Apr 19 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)

Soil

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

• The pH here suits it.
• Most fields here are short of iron.
• Most fields here are short of manganese.

Likes pH 5.0–7.5.

Money

No yield records for this crop yet.

On rain alone it gets about 76% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 76% of this yield.

Mandi price at last season's harvest (May–June 2026): about ₹6,750 a quintal across mandis in your state.

Prices are usually best in June.