Moong (Green Gram)
Sow in July, harvest around September
This season's sowing time (June–July) is over.
Grown on 1.3 lakh acres here. Priced from mandis across your state.
₹7,000–₹11,000
per acre a season, before costs
Likely a loss at typical costs: ₹3,000–₹7,000 an acre a season
- Needs care: Risky: 4 irrigations short
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 8/10
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 300 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 100 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 36 °C / 26 °C
- Aug 34 °C / 25 °C
- Sep 36 °C / 24 °C
Soil
Soil for Moong (Green Gram): 8 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: nitrogen, sulphur and boron.
- The pH here suits it.
- Most fields here are short of organic carbon.
- Most fields here are short of zinc.
- Most fields here are short of iron.
Likes pH 6.2–7.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 1.1 quintals an acre here in this season (district figures).
Mandi price at last season's harvest (September–October 2026): about ₹7,841 a quintal across mandis in your state.
This week: about ₹8,000 a quintal, the middle of 40 mandis in your state (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would lose about ₹5,000 a season at typical costs.
Minimum support price: ₹8,780 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.
- ₹6,070 2021
- ₹5,770 2022
- ₹7,150 2023
- ₹7,410 2024
- ₹6,450 2025
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 2.7 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 zinc Your soil is likely short of zinc.
Mix 10 kg of zinc sulphate per acre into the soil before sowing. One dose lasts two or three seasons.
Few local farmers add it to this crop, so it's an easy place to get ahead.
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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):
- Urea 1%
- Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) 1%
- Zinc Sulphate Heptahydrate / Monohydrate 0%