Peach
Holds the land all year
No figures for your district: its government crop records list no area or yield for this crop. Priced from mandis across India.
₹80,000–₹1.2 lakh
per acre a year, before costs
once bearing, from about year 3
After typical costs: ₹20,000–₹60,000 an acre a year
- Needs care: Risky: 7 irrigations short
- Doesn't suit: Winters are too warm for it to fruit
- Needs care: Soil 7/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain falls about 7 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.
Needs about 1,240 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 910 mm it can use in a normal year, and 690 mm in a dry year.
Temperature
Grows best at 20–33 °C on average, and survives 7–35 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 36 °C / 26 °C
- Jul 32 °C / 26 °C
- Aug 32 °C / 26 °C
- Sep 32 °C / 25 °C
- Oct 32 °C / 23 °C
- Nov 29 °C / 16 °C
- Dec 26 °C / 12 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 25 °C / 11 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 29 °C / 14 °C
- Mar 33 °C / 18 °C
- Apr 38 °C / 24 °C
- May 39 °C / 26 °C
- Jun 36 °C / 26 °C
It needs a cold winter to flower: a coldest month averaging 14 °C or less. Here the coldest month averages 18 °C.
Soil
Soil for Peach: 7 out of 10 (okay).
- The pH here suits it, though not most crops.
- Many fields here are short of potassium, which it needs a lot.
- Many fields here are short of zinc, which it needs a lot.
- Many fields here are short of boron, which it needs a lot.
Likes pH 5.5–6.3.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 27 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).
A new planting gives its first real harvest after about 3 years. The money here is for plants already bearing.
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 last season's harvest (May–June 2026): about ₹5,000 a quintal across India's mandis.
- ₹3,500 2021
- ₹3,690 2022
- ₹3,150 2023
- ₹3,850 2024
- ₹3,680 2025
Prices are usually best in September.
Typical costs are about ₹60,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2024–2026), 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 potassium Your soil is likely short of potassium.
Add about a quarter more potash (MOP) than the usual dose.
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 manganese Your soil is likely short of manganese.
Spray manganese sulphate, 5 g per litre of water, on the young crop.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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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.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.