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. Sold at 2 mandis in your district.
₹1.0 lakh–₹1.6 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹39,000–₹91,000 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 420 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 290 mm it can use in a normal year, and 220 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 / 22 °C
- Aug 31 °C / 22 °C
- Sep 31 °C / 22 °C
- Oct 32 °C / 21 °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 organic carbon.
- Most fields here are short of zinc.
Likes pH 5.5–7.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 44 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).
On rain alone it gets about 70% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 70% of this yield.
Mandi price at this season's harvest so far (October–November 2026): about ₹4,200 a quintal at mandis in your district.
This week: about ₹2,950 a quintal, the middle of 20 mandis in your state (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹26,000 a season after typical costs.
- ₹1,650 2022
- ₹2,250 2023
Prices are usually best in October.
Typical costs are about ₹66,000 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 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.
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.