Radish
Sow in November, harvest around January
Still sowing time: sow by the end of November.
No figures for your district: its government crop records list no area or yield for this crop. Sold at 3 mandis in your district.
₹27,000–₹40,000
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹11,000–₹24,000 an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 8/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough, even in a dry year.
Needs about 90 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 200 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):
- Nov 22 °C / 10 °C
- Dec 18 °C / 7 °C
Soil
Soil for Radish: 8 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: organic carbon.
- The pH here suits it.
- Many fields here are short of nitrogen, which it needs a lot.
- Most fields here are short of manganese.
Likes pH 6.0–7.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 35 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 (January–February 2026): about ₹950 a quintal at mandis in your district.
- ₹900 2022
- ₹1,000 2023
- ₹900 2024
- ₹800 2025
Prices are usually best in June.
Typical costs are about ₹16,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2024–2026), 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.
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.