Samai (Little Millet)
Sow in June, harvest around September
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. Priced from mandis across India.
Only with irrigation: rain gives too little of its water to count on
- Doesn't suit: Too dry without irrigation
- Doesn't suit: Too hot here in this season
- Suits: Soil 9/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Too dry to grow on rain alone. It would need irrigation.
Needs about 340 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 100 mm it can use in a normal year, and 50 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):
- Jun 40 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
- Jul 36 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
- Aug 35 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
Soil
Soil for Samai (Little Millet): 9 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: nitrogen.
- The pH here suits it.
Likes pH 5.5–6.2.
How the soil score worksMoney
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 last season's harvest (September–October 2026): about ₹7,400 a quintal across India's mandis.
This week: about ₹7,350 a quintal, the middle of 5 mandis across India (latest 12 Nov).
- ₹4,350 2022
- ₹3,650 2024
- ₹3,400 2025
Prices are usually best in August.