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 12 mandis in your district.
₹93,000–₹1.4 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
At typical costs, from a loss of ₹7,000 to a profit of ₹39,000 an acre a season
- Needs care: Risky: 1 irrigation short
- Needs care: Warm in July
- Suits: Soil 8/10
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 210 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 160 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 / 26 °C (outside its best range)
- Aug 34 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Radish: 8 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: nitrogen and boron.
- The pH here suits it.
- Many fields here are short of potassium, which it needs a lot.
- Most fields here are short of phosphorus.
- Most fields here are short of manganese.
Likes pH 6.0–7.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 103 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).
On rain alone it gets about 79% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 79% of this yield.
Mandi price at last season's harvest (September–October 2026): about ₹1,425 a quintal at mandis in your district.
- ₹750 2021
- ₹950 2022
- ₹750 2023
- ₹930 2024
- ₹550 2025
Prices are usually best in September.
Typical costs are about ₹1.0 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 phosphorus Your soil is likely short of phosphorus.
Add about a quarter more DAP or single super phosphate than the usual dose, at sowing.
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 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.