Lime (Kagzi)

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 990 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 1,650 mm it can use in a normal year, and 1,370 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 28 °C / 22 °C (outside its best range)
• Jul 26 °C / 21 °C (outside its best range)
• Aug 26 °C / 21 °C (outside its best range)
• Sep 27 °C / 21 °C (outside its best range)
• Oct 28 °C / 21 °C (outside its best range)
• Nov 29 °C / 19 °C (outside its best range)
• Dec 29 °C / 17 °C (outside its best range)
• Jan 29 °C / 16 °C (outside its best range)
• Feb 31 °C / 18 °C (outside its best range)
• Mar 32 °C / 20 °C
• Apr 33 °C / 22 °C
• May 32 °C / 23 °C
• Jun 28 °C / 22 °C (outside its best range)

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 potassium, which it needs a lot.
• Many fields here are short of zinc, which it needs a lot.
• Many fields here are short of boron, which it needs a lot.

Likes pH 6.0–6.5.

Money

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.

Mandi price through the year (December 2025–May 2026, July–November 2026): about ₹4,500 a quintal across mandis in your state.

This week: about ₹4,400 a quintal, the middle of 8 mandis in your state (latest 12 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹1.9 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 ₹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.