Rajmash (Kidney Bean)
Sow in October, harvest around February
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
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 9/10
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 280 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 80 mm it can use in a normal year (40 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 190 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 24 °C / 17 °C
- Nov 22 °C / 12 °C
- Dec 20 °C / 9 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 20 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 22 °C / 9 °C (outside its best range)
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Rajmash (Kidney Bean): 9 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: salt, sulphur, zinc and 4 more.
- The pH here suits it, though not most crops.
- Low nitrogen matters less: it makes its own.
- Most fields here are short of potassium.
Likes pH 5.5–7.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
No yield records for this crop yet.
No mandi or support price for this crop yet.
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.