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 5 mandis in your district.
₹1.3 lakh–₹2.0 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹50,000–₹1.2 lakh an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Needs care: Warm in July
- Suits: Soil 9/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough, even in a dry year.
Needs about 210 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 460 mm it can use in a normal year, and 360 mm in a dry year.
Heavy rain here can waterlog it. Grow it on raised beds or land that drains well.
Temperature
Grows best at 12–26 °C on average, and survives 10–37 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jul 35 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
- Aug 33 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Radish: 9 out of 10 (good).
- 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.
Likes pH 6.0–7.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 86 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 (September–October 2026): about ₹1,938 a quintal at mandis in your district.
- ₹830 2021
- ₹940 2022
- ₹1,250 2023
- ₹1,100 2024
- ₹1,180 2025
Prices are usually best in August.
Typical costs are about ₹84,000 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 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.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.