Lemon

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 950 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 2,470 mm it can use in a normal year, and 1,920 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 31 °C / 25 °C
• Jul 31 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
• Aug 31 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
• Sep 31 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
• Oct 31 °C / 23 °C
• Nov 28 °C / 17 °C
• Dec 25 °C / 14 °C
• Jan 24 °C / 12 °C
• Feb 27 °C / 14 °C
• Mar 31 °C / 18 °C
• Apr 32 °C / 22 °C
• May 32 °C / 23 °C
• Jun 31 °C / 25 °C

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Lemon: 8 out of 10 (good).

Not in the score: sulphur.

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

Likes pH 6.5–7.0.

Money

Yield: about 17 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 147 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹85,000 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 ₹41,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.