Lime (Kagzi)
Holds the land all year
No figures for your district: its government crop records list no area or yield for this crop. 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
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Needs care: Soil 7/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Too dry to grow on rain alone. It would need irrigation.
Needs about 1,230 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 280 mm it can use in a normal year, and 250 mm in a dry year.
Temperature
Grows best at 26–32 °C on average, and survives 13–38 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 33 °C / 23 °C
- Jul 30 °C / 22 °C
- Aug 30 °C / 22 °C
- Sep 30 °C / 22 °C (outside its best range)
- Oct 31 °C / 21 °C
- Nov 31 °C / 18 °C (outside its best range)
- Dec 31 °C / 16 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 31 °C / 17 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 34 °C / 18 °C
- Mar 37 °C / 22 °C
- Apr 39 °C / 24 °C
- May 39 °C / 25 °C
- Jun 33 °C / 23 °C
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Lime (Kagzi): 7 out of 10 (okay).
- 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 6.0–6.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 79 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.
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 (February–May 2026, July–November 2026): about ₹2,000 a quintal at mandis in your district.
This week: about ₹4,400 a quintal, the middle of 8 mandis in your state (latest 12 Nov).
Prices are usually best in September.
Typical costs are about ₹1.6 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.
About 94% of local fields of this crop get it.
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Short of organic carbon Your soil is likely short of organic carbon.
Add 4 tonnes of compost or farmyard manure per acre before sowing, and plough crop leftovers back in instead of burning them.
Few local farmers add it to this crop, so it's an easy place to get ahead.
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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.
Few local farmers add it to this crop, so it's an easy place to get ahead.
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Short of zinc Your soil is likely short of zinc.
Mix 10 kg of zinc sulphate per acre into the soil before sowing. One dose lasts two or three seasons.
Few local farmers add it to this crop, so it's an easy place to get ahead.
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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.
Few local farmers add it to this crop, so it's an easy place to get ahead.
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Short of boron Your soil is likely short of boron.
Mix 4 kg of borax per acre into the soil before sowing.
Few local farmers add it to this crop, so it's an easy place to get ahead.
What local farmers put on it (share of fields):
- Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) 94%
- Triple Super Phosphate (TSP) 49%
- Muriate of Potash (MOP) 22%
- Urea 19%