Moong (Green Gram)
Sow in July, harvest around September
This season's sowing time (June–July) is over.
Grown on 128 acres here. Priced from mandis across your state.
Only with irrigation: rain gives too little of its water to count on
- Needs care: Risky: 3 irrigations short
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 8/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain falls about 3 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.
Needs about 260 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 160 mm it can use in a normal year, and 100 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 35 °C / 27 °C
- Aug 34 °C / 26 °C
- Sep 33 °C / 24 °C
Soil
Soil for Moong (Green Gram): 8 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: nitrogen.
- The pH here suits it.
- Salt in the soil here can harm it.
- Most fields here are short of boron.
Likes pH 6.2–7.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 2.3 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (your district's own figure looked wrong).
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 (September–October 2026): about ₹7,665 a quintal across mandis in your state.
This week: about ₹8,000 a quintal, the middle of 164 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov).
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 3.8 quintals an acre. That's a realistic target.
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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.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.