Okra (Bhindi)
Sow in July, harvest around October
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. Priced from mandis across your state.
₹56,000–₹84,000
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹6,000–₹34,000 an acre a season
- 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 400 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 290 mm it can use in a normal year, and 190 mm in a dry year.
Temperature
Grows best at 20–30 °C on average, and survives 12–35 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jul 31 °C / 23 °C
- Aug 30 °C / 22 °C
- Sep 30 °C / 22 °C
- Oct 32 °C / 20 °C
Soil
Soil for Okra (Bhindi): 8 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
- Many fields here are short of nitrogen, which it needs a lot.
- Most fields here are short of zinc.
- Most fields here are short of iron.
Likes pH 5.5–7.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 34 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).
On rain alone it gets about 73% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 73% of this yield.
Mandi price at this season's harvest so far (October–November 2026): about ₹2,868 a quintal across mandis in your state.
This week: about ₹3,000 a quintal, the middle of 41 mandis in your state (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹23,000 a season after typical costs.
- ₹2,540 2021
- ₹2,770 2022
- ₹2,680 2023
- ₹3,030 2024
- ₹3,210 2025
Prices are usually best in December.
Typical costs are about ₹50,000 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.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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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.
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.