Samai (Little Millet)

Water

Too dry to grow on rain alone. It would need irrigation.

Needs about 310 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 90 mm it can use in a normal year, and 40 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

Grows best at 22–27 °C on average, and survives 15–45 °C.

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

• Jul 37 °C / 28 °C (outside its best range)
• Aug 36 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
• Sep 34 °C / 24 °C (outside its best range)

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Samai (Little Millet): 7 out of 10 (okay).

Not in the score: nitrogen and boron.

• Soil here is often more alkaline than it likes.
• Many fields here are short of zinc, which it needs a lot.
• Most fields here are short of phosphorus.
• Most fields here are short of organic carbon.

Likes pH 5.5–6.2.

Money

No yield records for this crop yet.

Rain gives it too little of the water it needs, so there's no income figure on rain alone: grow it only with irrigation.

Mandi price at this season's harvest so far (October–November 2026): about ₹7,450 a quintal across India's mandis.

This week: about ₹7,350 a quintal, the middle of 5 mandis across India (latest 12 Nov).

Prices are usually best in August.