Rajmash (Kidney Bean)
Sow in July, harvest around April
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.
Only with irrigation: rain gives too little of its water to count on
- Needs care: Risky: 6 irrigations short
- Doesn't suit: Too cold in november
- Suits: Soil 10/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain falls about 6 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.
Needs about 440 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 190 mm it can use in a normal year, and 140 mm in a dry year.
Temperature
Grows best at 16–25 °C on average, and survives 7–32 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jul 22 °C / 13 °C
- Aug 22 °C / 12 °C
- Sep 20 °C / 10 °C (outside its best range)
- Oct 16 °C / 5 °C (outside its best range)
- Nov 11 °C / 1 °C (outside its best range)
- Dec 6 °C / -4 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 3 °C / -6 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 5 °C / -4 °C (outside its best range)
- Mar 9 °C / -1 °C (outside its best range)
- Apr 16 °C / 5 °C (outside its best range)
Nights in October can bring frost. When frost is forecast, water the field lightly in the evening.
Soil
Soil for Rajmash (Kidney Bean): 10 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: sulphur and boron.
- The pH here suits it.
- Low nitrogen matters less: it makes its own.
Likes pH 5.5–7.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
No yield records for this crop yet.
Rain gives it too little of the water it needs, so there's no income figure on rain alone: grow it only with irrigation.
No mandi or support price for this crop yet.