Rajmash (Kidney Bean)
Sow in October, harvest around July
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.
No price yet to estimate income
- Needs care: Risky: 3 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 3 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.
Needs about 520 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 300 mm it can use in a normal year (200 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 80 mm from the monsoon at sowing.
Temperature
Grows best at 16–25 °C on average, and survives 7–32 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Oct 16 °C / 4 °C (outside its best range)
- Nov 9 °C / -1 °C (outside its best range)
- Dec 3 °C / -7 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan -2 °C / -10 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 1 °C / -8 °C (outside its best range)
- Mar 6 °C / -4 °C (outside its best range)
- Apr 12 °C / 3 °C (outside its best range)
- May 18 °C / 7 °C (outside its best range)
- Jun 22 °C / 10 °C
- Jul 22 °C / 12 °C
Nights in October can bring frost while the plants are young. Sow a little later, or cover the seedlings on cold nights.
Soil
Soil for Rajmash (Kidney Bean): 10 out of 10 (good).
- 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.
On rain alone it gets about 75% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 75% of this yield.
No mandi or support price for this crop yet.