Moong (Green Gram)
Sow in October, harvest around December
Still sowing time: sow by the end of November.
Grown on 22 acres here. Priced from mandis across your state.
Only with irrigation: rain gives too little of its water to count on
- Doesn't suit: Too dry without irrigation
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 9/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Too dry to grow on rain alone. It would need irrigation.
Needs about 220 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 60 mm it can use in a normal year, and 30 mm in a dry year.
Temperature
Grows best at 21–36 °C on average, and survives 8–40 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Oct 30 °C / 21 °C
- Nov 29 °C / 19 °C
- Dec 29 °C / 17 °C
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 organic carbon.
- Most fields here are short of boron.
Likes pH 6.2–7.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 1.4 quintals an acre here (district figures).
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 at last season's harvest (December 2025–January 2026): about ₹5,675 a quintal across mandis in your state.
This week: about ₹8,355 a quintal, the middle of 19 mandis in your state (latest 13 Nov).
Minimum support price: ₹8,780 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.
- ₹6,100 2021
- ₹6,340 2022
- ₹8,150 2023
- ₹7,870 2024
- ₹7,000 2025
Prices are usually best in February.
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 2.2 quintals an acre. That's a realistic target.
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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 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) 96%
- Urea 64%