Okra (Bhindi)
Sow in June, harvest around September
This season's sowing time (June–July) is over.
No figures for your district: its government crop records list no area or yield for this crop. Sold at 4 mandis in your district.
₹1.2 lakh–₹1.8 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹62,000–₹1.2 lakh an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 9/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough, even in a dry year.
Needs about 380 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 1,710 mm it can use in a normal year, and 1,490 mm in a dry year.
Heavy rain here can waterlog it. Grow it on raised beds or land that drains well.
Temperature
Grows best at 20–30 °C on average, and survives 12–35 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 32 °C / 26 °C
- Jul 32 °C / 26 °C
- Aug 33 °C / 26 °C
- Sep 32 °C / 25 °C
Soil
Soil for Okra (Bhindi): 9 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: sulphur.
- The pH here suits it, though not most crops.
- Most fields here are short of phosphorus.
Likes pH 5.5–7.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 47 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).
Mandi price at last season's harvest (September–October 2026): about ₹3,200 a quintal at mandis in your district.
Prices are usually best in March.
Typical costs are about ₹58,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.
How to make it work
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Short of phosphorus Your soil is likely short of phosphorus.
Add about a quarter more DAP or single super phosphate than the usual dose, at 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):
- Urea 100%