Okra (Bhindi)
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. Sold at 4 mandis in your district.
₹1.4 lakh–₹2.1 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹78,000–₹1.5 lakh an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 8/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough in a normal year. Keep one irrigation ready for a dry year.
Needs about 400 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 370 mm it can use in a normal year, and 290 mm in a dry year.
Temperature
Grows best at 20–30 °C on average, and survives 12–35 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 36 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
- Jul 32 °C / 25 °C
- Aug 31 °C / 25 °C
- Sep 32 °C / 24 °C
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Okra (Bhindi): 8 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
- Many fields here are short of nitrogen, which it needs a lot.
- Most fields here are short of sulphur.
- Most fields here are short of zinc.
Likes pH 5.5–7.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 50 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 (September–October 2026): about ₹3,500 a quintal at mandis in your district.
- ₹1,900 2021
- ₹3,250 2022
- ₹2,950 2023
- ₹3,000 2024
- ₹3,680 2025
Prices swing a lot from year to year, so income can be well above or below this range.
Prices are usually best in January.
Typical costs are about ₹61,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.
How to make it work
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Short of nitrogen Your soil is likely short of nitrogen.
Add about a quarter more urea than the usual dose, in two or three splits. A pulse crop in rotation also adds nitrogen.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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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.
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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.