Lime (Kagzi)

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 840 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 1,880 mm it can use in a normal year, and 1,430 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 26–32 °C on average, and survives 13–38 °C.

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

• Jun 29 °C / 22 °C (outside its best range)
• Jul 29 °C / 22 °C (outside its best range)
• Aug 29 °C / 22 °C (outside its best range)
• Sep 28 °C / 21 °C (outside its best range)
• Oct 27 °C / 18 °C (outside its best range)
• Nov 25 °C / 15 °C (outside its best range)
• Dec 21 °C / 11 °C (outside its best range)
• Jan 20 °C / 10 °C (outside its best range)
• Feb 22 °C / 12 °C (outside its best range)
• Mar 25 °C / 16 °C (outside its best range)
• Apr 27 °C / 19 °C (outside its best range)
• May 28 °C / 20 °C (outside its best range)
• Jun 29 °C / 22 °C (outside its best range)

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Lime (Kagzi): 9 out of 10 (good).

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

Likes pH 6.0–6.5.

Money

Yield: about 46 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).

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–May 2026, July–November 2026): about ₹5,500 a quintal across India's mandis.

This week: about ₹6,000 a quintal, the middle of 39 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹1.8 lakh 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 October.

Typical costs are about ₹94,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.