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 7 mandis in your district.
₹1.7 lakh–₹2.5 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹65,000–₹1.5 lakh an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Needs care: Warm in July
- Needs care: Soil 4/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough, even in a dry year.
Needs about 200 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 300 mm it can use in a normal year, and 210 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 34 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
- Aug 33 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Radish: 4 out of 10 (poor).
Not in the score: nitrogen, organic carbon, pH and 3 more.
- Many fields here are short of potassium, which it needs a lot.
Likes pH 6.0–7.0. We have no pH figures for this place.
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).
Mandi price at last season's harvest (October 2026): about ₹2,000 a quintal at mandis in your district.
- ₹1,000 2021
- ₹1,000 2022
- ₹800 2023
- ₹1,350 2024
Prices are usually best in October.
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 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.