Green Chillies
Sow in June, 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. Priced from mandis across your state.
₹2.0 lakh–₹3.0 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹1.5 lakh–₹2.5 lakh an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 9/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough, even in a dry year.
Needs about 530 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 820 mm it can use in a normal year, and 730 mm in a dry year.
Heavy rain here can waterlog it. Grow it on raised beds or land that drains well.
Temperature
Grows best at 17–30 °C on average, and survives 8–35 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 29 °C / 22 °C
- Jul 30 °C / 23 °C
- Aug 30 °C / 23 °C
- Sep 29 °C / 22 °C
- Oct 28 °C / 19 °C
- Nov 25 °C / 14 °C
Soil
Soil for Green Chillies: 9 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it, though not most crops.
- Many fields here are short of nitrogen, which it needs a lot.
- Many fields here are short of potassium, which it needs a lot.
Likes pH 5.5–6.8.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 30 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).
Mandi price at last season's harvest (December 2025): about ₹8,350 a quintal across mandis in your state.
- ₹7,430 2022
- ₹7,980 2024
Prices are usually best in November.
Typical costs are about ₹51,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.