Rajmash (Kidney Bean)

A winter crop. Sow in Oct–Nov, harvest in Feb–Mar.

Check it on your land
Season
Rabi
JJASONDJFMAM

Sowing Growing Harvest

62% of its area. Also grown in kharif.
Ready in
110 days
about 3½ months
Grows best at
16–25 °C
0 °C survives 7–32 °C 40 °C

When to sow and harvest

Rabi 62% of its area
Kharif 38% of its area
Today: rabi sowing time
J J A S O N D J F M A M
Sow Growing Harvest
The year starts in June, with the monsoon. Your district can shift a few weeks.

Sowing Growing Harvest

Will it grow on your land?

Chennai Tamil Nadu
Water
Season

Won't work: too hot here in this season

Rajmash (Kidney Bean)

JJASONDJFMAM

Sow in June, harvest around October

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.

No price yet to estimate income

  • Not known: No rain data
  • Doesn't suit: Too hot here in this season
  • Not known: No soil data
Why, and how to make it work

Water

Needs about 490 mm of water here in its growing months.

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 36 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
  • Aug 35 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
  • Sep 35 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)

Days in June get hotter than it likes. Time sowing so it flowers before then.

Soil

Likes pH 5.5–7.5. We have no pH figures for this place.

Money

No yield records for this crop yet.

No mandi or support price for this crop yet.

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What it needs

Temperature

16–25 °C
0 °C40 °C

Survives 7–32 °C. Frost hurts it.

Water

The check above works out its water need on your land.

Soil pH

4 acidic7 neutral9 alkaline

Likes neutral soil. Grows from pH 4 to 9.

Soil

  • No salty soil
  • Ordinary farm soil is fine
  • N Makes its own nitrogen
  • P Needs plenty of phosphorus and sulphur
How the soil score works

Source: FAO ECOCROP crop requirements (via OpenCLIM/ecocrop); FAO-56 crop coefficients (Allen et al. 1998); IMD gridded daily rainfall (0.25°); IMD gridded daily max/min temperature (1°); TerraClimate 1991–2020 temperature normals (about 4 km), where each district's villages are.

Fertiliser for one acre

Not covered yet. Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra for the dose.

Watch out for

Not covered yet. Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to watch for.

Mandi price, month by month

No mandi prices for this crop yet.

Where it grows in India

Where it grows most

The districts with the most area in recent years. The map colours every district growing it on at least 100 ha by yield; the numbers mark these districts.

No recent district figures for this crop.