Lemon

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 1,000 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 1,990 mm it can use in a normal year, and 1,620 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 30 °C / 24 °C
• Jul 29 °C / 23 °C
• Aug 29 °C / 24 °C
• Sep 30 °C / 24 °C
• Oct 31 °C / 24 °C
• Nov 31 °C / 24 °C
• Dec 32 °C / 23 °C
• Jan 32 °C / 23 °C
• Feb 33 °C / 24 °C (outside its best range)
• Mar 34 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
• Apr 34 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
• May 33 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
• Jun 30 °C / 24 °C

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Lemon: 9 out of 10 (good).

Not in the score: nitrogen.

• The pH here suits it.
• Many fields here are short of potassium, which it needs a lot.
• Many fields here are short of boron, which it needs a lot.
• Most fields here are short of sulphur.

Likes pH 6.5–7.0.

Money

Yield: about 10 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 ₹11,625 a quintal at mandis in your district.

This week: about ₹10,750 a quintal, the middle of 26 mandis in your state (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹84,000 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 September.

Typical costs are about ₹24,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.