Radish
Sow in July, 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 13 mandis in your district.
₹86,000–₹1.3 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
At typical costs, from a loss of ₹22,000 to a profit of ₹21,000 an acre a season
- Needs care: Risky: 1 irrigation short
- Doesn't suit: Too hot here in this season
- Needs care: Soil 7/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain falls about 1 irrigation (5 cm) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.
Needs about 200 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 170 mm it can use in a normal year, and 110 mm in a dry year.
Temperature
Grows best at 12–26 °C on average, and survives 10–37 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jul 35 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
- Aug 33 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
Soil
Soil for Radish: 7 out of 10 (okay).
- 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 sulphur.
Likes pH 6.0–7.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 110 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).
On rain alone it gets about 84% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 84% of this yield.
Mandi price at last season's harvest (September–October 2026): about ₹1,150 a quintal at mandis in your district.
- ₹710 2021
- ₹1,010 2022
- ₹910 2023
- ₹1,090 2024
- ₹1,200 2025
Prices are usually best in July.
Typical costs are about ₹1.1 lakh 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 100% of local fields of this crop get it.
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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.
Few local farmers add it to this crop, so it's an easy place to get ahead.
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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 iron Your soil is likely short of iron.
Spray ferrous sulphate, 5 g per litre of water, when young leaves turn yellow.
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):
- Urea 100%
- Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) 85%
- Calcium Ammonium Nitrate 15%