Pineapple

Water

Rain is enough in a normal year. Keep one irrigation ready for a dry year.

Needs about 620 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 640 mm it can use in a normal year, and 490 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

Grows best at 21–30 °C on average, and survives 10–36 °C.

Here, in its growing months (day / night):

• Jun 38 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
• Jul 31 °C / 25 °C
• Aug 30 °C / 24 °C
• Sep 31 °C / 24 °C
• Oct 32 °C / 20 °C
• Nov 29 °C / 13 °C
• Dec 26 °C / 10 °C (outside its best range)
• Jan 25 °C / 9 °C (outside its best range)
• Feb 29 °C / 12 °C (outside its best range)
• Mar 34 °C / 17 °C
• Apr 39 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)
• May 42 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
• Jun 38 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Days in May get hotter than it likes. Young plants need shade and water then.

Soil

Soil for Pineapple: 8 out of 10 (good).

• The pH here suits it.
• Many fields here are short of zinc, which it needs a lot.
• Most fields here are short of nitrogen.

Likes pH 4.5–6.5.

Money

Yield: about 66 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).

A new planting gives its first real harvest after about 2 years. The money here is for plants already bearing.

Mandi price at last season's harvest (July–September 2026): about ₹3,000 a quintal across mandis in your state.

Prices swing a lot from year to year, so income can be well above or below this range.

Prices are usually best in March.

Typical costs are about ₹1.4 lakh an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.