Ricebean

A monsoon crop. Sow in Jun–Jul, harvest in Oct–Nov.

Check it on your land
Season
Kharif
JJASONDJFMAM

Sowing Growing Harvest

100% of its area.
Ready in
120 days
about 4 months
Grows best at
18–30 °C
0 °C survives 10–40 °C 40 °C

When to sow and harvest

Kharif 100% of its area
Today: kharif harvest
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?

Thiruvarur Tamil Nadu
Water
Season

Good fit in Thiruvarur

Ricebean

JJASONDJFMAM

Sow in July, harvest around November

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

  • Suits: Rain is enough
  • Suits: Ideal temperatures
  • Needs care: Soil 7/10
Why, and how to make it work

Water

Rain is enough in a normal year. Keep one irrigation ready for a dry year.

Needs about 440 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 420 mm it can use in a normal year, and 260 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

Grows best at 18–30 °C on average, and survives 10–40 °C.

Here, in its growing months (day / night):

  • Jul 36 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
  • Aug 35 °C / 25 °C
  • Sep 34 °C / 25 °C
  • Oct 32 °C / 25 °C
  • Nov 30 °C / 24 °C

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Ricebean: 7 out of 10 (okay).

  • The pH here suits 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 organic carbon.
  • Most fields here are short of zinc.

Likes pH 6.0–7.5.

How the soil score works

Money

No yield records for this crop yet.

No mandi or support price for this crop yet.

How to make it work

  • Short of organic carbon Your soil is likely short of organic carbon.

    Add 4 tonnes of compost or farmyard manure per acre before sowing, and plough crop leftovers back in instead of burning them.

    Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.

  • Short of sulphur Your soil is likely short of sulphur.

    Use single super phosphate instead of DAP, or add about 100 kg of gypsum per acre before sowing.

    Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.

  • Short of zinc Your soil is likely short of zinc.

    Mix 10 kg of zinc sulphate per acre into the soil before sowing. One dose lasts two or three seasons.

    Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.

  • Short of boron Your soil is likely short of boron.

    Mix 4 kg of borax per acre into the soil before sowing.

    Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.

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What it needs

Temperature

18–30 °C
0 °C40 °C

Survives 10–40 °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 5.5 to 8.

Soil

  • No salty soil
  • Needs rich soil
  • 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.