Lemon

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 930 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 1,360 mm it can use in a normal year, and 1,240 mm in a dry year.

Heavy rain here can waterlog it. Grow it on raised beds or land that drains well.

Temperature

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

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

• Jun 28 °C / 22 °C
• Jul 28 °C / 22 °C
• Aug 28 °C / 22 °C
• Sep 29 °C / 22 °C
• Oct 28 °C / 21 °C
• Nov 26 °C / 16 °C
• Dec 23 °C / 13 °C
• Jan 23 °C / 11 °C
• Feb 26 °C / 13 °C
• Mar 29 °C / 17 °C
• Apr 31 °C / 20 °C
• May 30 °C / 21 °C
• Jun 28 °C / 22 °C

Soil

Soil for Lemon: 5 out of 10 (poor).

Not in the score: salt, sulphur, zinc and 4 more.

• Soil here is often more acidic than it likes.
• Many fields here are short of potassium, which it needs a lot.
• Most fields here are short of nitrogen.
• Most fields here are short of phosphorus.

Likes pH 6.5–7.0.

Money

Yield: about 13 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 ₹66,000 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 ₹31,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.