Lime (Kagzi)

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 1,030 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 1,460 mm it can use in a normal year, and 1,390 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 32 °C / 25 °C
• Jul 32 °C / 25 °C
• Aug 32 °C / 25 °C
• Sep 32 °C / 25 °C
• Oct 32 °C / 23 °C
• Nov 30 °C / 18 °C (outside its best range)
• Dec 26 °C / 13 °C (outside its best range)
• Jan 25 °C / 11 °C (outside its best range)
• Feb 29 °C / 14 °C (outside its best range)
• Mar 32 °C / 19 °C (outside its best range)
• Apr 33 °C / 22 °C
• May 33 °C / 24 °C
• Jun 32 °C / 25 °C

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Lime (Kagzi): 8 out of 10 (good).

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

Likes pH 6.0–6.5.

Money

Yield: about 20 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).

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 ₹81,000 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 October.

Typical costs are about ₹42,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.