Moong (Green Gram)
Sow in July, harvest around September
This season's sowing time (June–July) is over.
Grown on 54,620 acres here. Sold at 1 mandi in your district.
₹3,000–₹5,000
per acre a season, before costs
Likely a loss at typical costs: ₹9,000–₹11,000 an acre a season
- Needs care: Risky: 4 irrigations short
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 9/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain falls about 4 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.
Needs about 290 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 130 mm it can use in a normal year, and 50 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):
- Jul 37 °C / 27 °C
- Aug 35 °C / 26 °C
- Sep 35 °C / 24 °C
Soil
Soil for Moong (Green Gram): 9 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: nitrogen and boron.
- The pH here suits it.
- Most fields here are short of organic carbon.
- Most fields here are short of iron.
Likes pH 6.2–7.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 1.3 quintals an acre here in this season (district figures).
On rain alone it gets about 44% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 44% of this yield.
Mandi price at last season's harvest (September–October 2026): about ₹7,894 a quintal at mandis in your district.
This week: about ₹8,000 a quintal, the middle of 164 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would lose about ₹10,000 a season at typical costs.
Minimum support price: ₹8,780 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.
Prices are usually best in October.
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 3.9 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.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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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.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.