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 7 mandis in your district.
₹58,000–₹87,000
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹12,000–₹41,000 an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Needs care: Soil 4/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough in a normal year. Keep one irrigation ready for 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):
- Nov 27 °C / 12 °C
- Dec 22 °C / 8 °C
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 (January–February 2026): about ₹700 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 ₹46,000 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 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.