Temperature
15–28 °C
0° survives 12–36 °C 40°

Will it grow on your land?

Water
Season

Pick your place and water to see:

  • Whether Lime & Lemon suits your land Good fit, possible or won't work, with the reasons.
  • What it could earn an acre From yields near you and mandi prices.
  • Water and fertiliser it needs Irrigations for your water, and bags for one acre.

What it needs

Temperature

15–28 °C
0 °C40 °C

Survives 12–36 °C. Frost hurts it.

Water

The check above works out its water need on your land.

Soil pH

4 acidic7 neutral9 alkaline

Likes neutral soil. Grows from pH 5.5 to 8.

Soil

  • No salty soil
  • Needs rich soil
  • K Needs plenty of potassium, zinc, iron and boron
How the soil score works

Source: FAO ECOCROP crop requirements (via OpenCLIM/ecocrop); FAO-56 crop coefficients (Allen et al. 1998); IMD gridded daily rainfall (0.25°); IMD gridded daily max/min temperature (1°).

Fertiliser for one acre

Not covered yet. Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra for the dose.

Watch out for

Not covered yet. Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to watch for.

Mandi price, month by month

Best month
April, ₹6,950
Lowest
January, ₹3,231
₹3,231
₹6,950
J F M A M J J A S O N D

Rupees a quintal, typical across India's mandis.

Source: Agmarknet daily prices and arrivals (India Data Portal).

Where it grows in India

Area grown in India
26,981 ha
2014-15
Average yield
6.4 t/ha
2014-15

States that grow it

Production in each state's latest year with figures (2025-26).

Source: Horticulture area & production statistics (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare).

Districts with the most area (recent figures)

The map colours each district by yield, for districts growing it on at least 100 ha.

No recent district figures for this crop.

Across India over the years

Yield (t/ha)

6.4 7.1 7.7
2012-13 2014-15
Latest 6.4 t/ha in 2014-15

Area (ha)

24K 25K 27K
2012-13 2014-15
Latest 26,981 ha in 2014-15

Only years in which most of the usual districts reported are shown.

Source: Crop area, production & yield – district-wise (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare); Crop area, production & yield – UPAG (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare). 2012-13 to 2014-15.