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. Priced from mandis across your state.
₹89,000–₹1.3 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
At typical costs, from a loss of ₹18,000 to a profit of ₹27,000 an acre a season
- Needs care: Risky: 1 irrigation short
- Needs care: Warm in July
- Needs care: Soil 7/10
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 200 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 170 mm it can use in a normal year, and 130 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 33 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Radish: 7 out of 10 (okay).
- The pH here suits it.
- Many fields here are short of nitrogen, which it needs a lot.
- Many fields here are short of boron, 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 110 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).
On rain alone it gets about 84% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 84% of this yield.
Mandi price at last season's harvest (September–October 2026): about ₹1,200 a quintal across mandis in your state.
- ₹940 2021
- ₹1,120 2022
- ₹1,210 2023
- ₹1,330 2024
- ₹1,250 2025
Prices are usually best in April.
Typical costs are about ₹1.1 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 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 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.
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Short of zinc Your soil is likely short of zinc.
Mix 10 kg of zinc sulphate per acre into the soil before sowing. One dose lasts two or three seasons.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.