Lemon

Water

Rain is enough in a normal year. Keep one irrigation ready for a dry year.

Needs about 820 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 910 mm it can use in a normal year, and 750 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

Grows best at 15–28 °C on average, and survives 12–36 °C.

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

• Jun 25 °C / 18 °C
• Jul 25 °C / 18 °C
• Aug 25 °C / 18 °C
• Sep 25 °C / 17 °C
• Oct 23 °C / 15 °C
• Nov 21 °C / 10 °C
• Dec 18 °C / 6 °C (outside its best range)
• Jan 17 °C / 5 °C (outside its best range)
• Feb 20 °C / 7 °C (outside its best range)
• Mar 23 °C / 10 °C
• Apr 24 °C / 12 °C
• May 25 °C / 15 °C
• Jun 25 °C / 18 °C

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Nights in December can bring frost. When frost is forecast, water the field lightly in the evening.

Soil

Likes pH 6.5–7.0. We have no pH figures for this place.

Money

Yield: about 43 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district). Government figures count it with lime.

A new planting gives its first real harvest after about 3 years. The money here is for plants already bearing.

Mandi price through the year (December 2025–November 2026): about ₹6,250 a quintal across India's mandis.

This week: about ₹7,500 a quintal, the middle of 145 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹2.2 lakh a year after typical costs.

Prices swing a lot from year to year, so income can be well above or below this range.

Prices are usually best in April.

Typical costs are about ₹1.0 lakh an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.