Rajmash (Kidney Bean)

Water

Rain falls about 2 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

Needs about 430 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 350 mm it can use in a normal year, and 170 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):

• Jun 37 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
• Jul 33 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
• Aug 32 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
• Sep 33 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)

Soil

Soil for Rajmash (Kidney Bean): 8 out of 10 (good).

• The pH here suits it.
• Salt in the soil here can harm it.
• Low nitrogen matters less: it makes its own.
• Many fields here are short of sulphur, which it needs a lot.
• Most fields here are short of zinc.

Likes pH 5.5–7.5.

Money

No yield records for this crop yet.

On rain alone it gets about 82% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 82% of this yield.

No mandi or support price for this crop yet.