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 6 mandis in your district.
₹1.4 lakh–₹2.1 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹89,000–₹1.6 lakh an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Needs care: Soil 7/10
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 630 mm it can use in a normal year, and 560 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 34 °C / 25 °C
- Jul 31 °C / 24 °C
- Aug 30 °C / 24 °C
- Sep 30 °C / 24 °C
Soil
Soil for Okra (Bhindi): 7 out of 10 (okay).
- The pH here suits it.
- Many fields here are short of nitrogen, which it needs a lot.
- Many fields here are short of potassium, which it needs a lot.
- Most fields here are short of sulphur.
Likes pH 5.5–7.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 41 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 ₹4,250 a quintal at mandis in your district.
- ₹3,500 2021
- ₹4,000 2022
- ₹4,000 2023
- ₹4,000 2024
- ₹4,000 2025
Prices are usually best in March.
Typical costs are about ₹51,000 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 nitrogen Your soil is likely short of nitrogen.
Add about a quarter more urea than the usual dose, in two or three splits. A pulse crop in rotation also adds nitrogen.
About 13% of local fields of this crop get it.
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Short of sulphur Your soil is likely short of sulphur.
Use single super phosphate instead of DAP, or add about 100 kg of gypsum per acre before sowing.
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) 13%
- Muriate of Potash (MOP) 13%
- Urea 13%