Radish

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 130 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 90 mm it can use in a normal year (20 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):

• Oct 31 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)
• Nov 28 °C / 18 °C

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Radish: 7 out of 10 (okay).

Not in the score: sulphur.

• Soil here is often more acidic than it likes.
• Many fields here are short of nitrogen, which it needs a lot.
• Many fields here are short of potassium, which it needs a lot.
• Many fields here are short of boron, which it needs a lot.

Likes pH 6.0–7.0.

Money

Yield: about 77 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 (December 2025–January 2026): about ₹1,513 a quintal across mandis in your state.

Prices are usually best in March.

Typical costs are about ₹35,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2024–2026), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.