Moong (Green Gram)
Sow in November, harvest around January
Still sowing time: sow by the end of November.
No figures for this season in your district. Sold at 3 mandis in your district.
₹14,000–₹21,000
per acre a season, before costs
At typical costs, from a loss of ₹157 to a profit of ₹7,000 an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Needs care: Cool in December
- Suits: Soil 9/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough in a normal year. Keep one irrigation ready for a dry year.
Needs about 200 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 0 mm it can use in a normal year (0 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 200 mm from the monsoon at sowing.
Temperature
Grows best at 21–36 °C on average, and survives 8–40 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Nov 32 °C / 14 °C
- Dec 29 °C / 11 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 27 °C / 10 °C (outside its best range)
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Moong (Green Gram): 9 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
- Low nitrogen matters less: it makes its own.
- Most fields here are short of iron.
Likes pH 6.2–7.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 2.8 quintals an acre here in its other seasons (district figures).
Mandi price at last season's harvest (January–February 2026): about ₹6,163 a quintal at mandis in your district.
This week: about ₹7,600 a quintal, the middle of 49 mandis in your state (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹7,000 a season after typical costs.
Minimum support price: ₹8,780 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.
Prices are usually best in May.
Typical costs are about ₹14,000 an acre (seed, fertiliser, labour and hired machines, from the government's cost survey). They are spent whatever the harvest.
How to make it work
The better districts with similar soil, rain and warmth get 5.1 quintals an acre. That's a realistic target.
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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.
What local farmers put on it (share of fields):
- Single Super Phosphate (SSP) 38%
- Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) 26%
- Urea 12%
- Triple Super Phosphate (TSP) 1%