Lemon
Holds the land all year
Counted with lime in government figures. Sold at 2 mandis in your district.
Only with irrigation: rain gives too little of its water to count on
- Doesn't suit: Too dry without irrigation
- Needs care: Very hot in May
- Suits: Soil 8/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Too dry to grow on rain alone. It would need irrigation.
Needs about 1,250 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 530 mm it can use in a normal year, and 350 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 38 °C / 28 °C (outside its best range)
- Jul 33 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
- Aug 32 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
- Sep 33 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
- Oct 36 °C / 22 °C (outside its best range)
- Nov 34 °C / 17 °C
- Dec 30 °C / 13 °C
- Jan 28 °C / 11 °C
- Feb 32 °C / 14 °C
- Mar 36 °C / 19 °C
- Apr 40 °C / 24 °C (outside its best range)
- May 41 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
- Jun 38 °C / 28 °C (outside its best range)
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Days in May get hotter than it likes. Young plants need shade and water then.
Soil
Soil for Lemon: 8 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
- Many fields here are short of zinc, which it needs a lot.
- Many fields here are short of iron, which it needs a lot.
- Many fields here are short of boron, which it needs a lot.
Likes pH 6.5–7.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 51 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.
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 through the year (December 2025–November 2026): about ₹5,175 a quintal at mandis in your district.
This week: about ₹6,500 a quintal, the middle of 17 mandis in your state (latest 13 Nov).
- ₹3,100 2021
- ₹4,110 2022
- ₹3,750 2023
- ₹6,380 2024
- ₹3,180 2025
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 ₹1.2 lakh an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.
How to make it work
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Short of nitrogen Your soil is likely short of nitrogen.
Add about a quarter more urea than the usual dose, in two or three splits. A pulse crop in rotation also adds nitrogen.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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Short of sulphur Your soil is likely short of sulphur.
Use single super phosphate instead of DAP, or add about 100 kg of gypsum per acre before sowing.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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Short of iron Your soil is likely short of iron.
Spray ferrous sulphate, 5 g per litre of water, when young leaves turn yellow.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.