Radish

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 100 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 0 mm it can use in a normal year (0 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 150 mm from the monsoon at sowing.

Temperature

Grows best at 12–26 °C on average, and survives 10–37 °C.

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

• Oct 25 °C / 15 °C
• Nov 21 °C / 10 °C

Soil

Soil for Radish: 9 out of 10 (good).

Not in the score: nitrogen, organic carbon, sulphur and boron.

• The pH here suits it.

Likes pH 6.0–7.0.

Money

Yield: about 77 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).

Mandi price at last season's harvest (December 2025–January 2026): about ₹1,100 a quintal at mandis in your district.

Prices are usually best in May.

Typical costs are about ₹35,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2024–2026), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.