Your plan for Palakkad

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 440 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 790 mm it can use in a normal year, and 540 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

Grows best at 18–28 °C on average, and survives 10–38 °C.

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

• Jun 30 °C / 23 °C
• Jul 29 °C / 23 °C
• Aug 30 °C / 23 °C
• Sep 30 °C / 24 °C
• Oct 31 °C / 24 °C

Soil

Soil for Sweet Potato: 9 out of 10 (good).

Not in the score: nitrogen.

• The pH here suits it.
• Most fields here are short of sulphur.

Likes pH 5.0–7.0.

Money

Yield: about 58 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (your district's own figure looked wrong).

Mandi price at this season's harvest so far (October–November 2026): about ₹4,250 a quintal at mandis in your district.

Prices are usually best in September.

Typical costs are about ₹59,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 500 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 900 mm it can use in a normal year, and 600 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 30 °C / 23 °C
• Jul 29 °C / 23 °C
• Aug 30 °C / 23 °C
• Sep 30 °C / 24 °C
• Oct 31 °C / 24 °C

Soil

Soil for Capsicum: 9 out of 10 (good).

Not in the score: nitrogen.

• The pH here suits it.
• Most fields here are short of sulphur.

Likes pH 5.5–6.8.

Money

Yield: about 62 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).

Mandi price at last season's harvest (December 2025): about ₹6,700 a quintal at mandis in your district.

Prices are usually best in June.

Typical costs are about ₹1.3 lakh an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 540 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 940 mm it can use in a normal year, and 640 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 30 °C / 23 °C
• Jul 29 °C / 23 °C
• Aug 30 °C / 23 °C
• Sep 30 °C / 24 °C
• Oct 31 °C / 24 °C
• Nov 31 °C / 24 °C

Soil

Soil for Green Chillies: 9 out of 10 (good).

Not in the score: nitrogen.

• The pH here suits it.
• Most fields here are short of sulphur.

Likes pH 5.5–6.8.

Money

Yield: about 45 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).

Mandi price at last season's harvest (December 2025): about ₹6,200 a quintal at mandis in your district.

Prices are usually best in December.

Typical costs are about ₹77,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 540 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 940 mm it can use in a normal year, and 640 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 20–35 °C on average, and survives 9–40 °C.

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

• Jun 30 °C / 23 °C
• Jul 29 °C / 23 °C
• Aug 30 °C / 23 °C
• Sep 30 °C / 24 °C
• Oct 31 °C / 24 °C
• Nov 31 °C / 24 °C

Soil

Soil for Brinjal: 9 out of 10 (good).

Not in the score: nitrogen.

• The pH here suits it.
• Most fields here are short of sulphur.

Likes pH 5.5–6.8.

Money

Yield: about 78 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).

Mandi price at last season's harvest (December 2025): about ₹3,400 a quintal at mandis in your district.

Prices are usually best in June.

Typical costs are about ₹81,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 360 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 690 mm it can use in a normal year, and 480 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 20–30 °C on average, and survives 12–35 °C.

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

• Jun 30 °C / 23 °C
• Jul 29 °C / 23 °C
• Aug 30 °C / 23 °C
• Sep 30 °C / 24 °C

Soil

Soil for Okra (Bhindi): 9 out of 10 (good).

Not in the score: nitrogen.

• The pH here suits it.
• Most fields here are short of sulphur.

Likes pH 5.5–7.0.

Money

Yield: about 54 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 ₹3,800 a quintal at mandis in your district.

Prices are usually best in December.

Typical costs are about ₹66,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 870 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 1,120 mm it can use in a normal year, and 880 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

Grows best at 20–28 °C on average, and survives 18–32 °C.

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

• May 33 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
• Jun 30 °C / 23 °C
• Jul 29 °C / 23 °C
• Aug 30 °C / 23 °C
• Sep 30 °C / 24 °C
• Oct 31 °C / 24 °C
• Nov 31 °C / 24 °C
• Dec 32 °C / 23 °C

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Turmeric: 9 out of 10 (good).

Not in the score: nitrogen.

• The pH here suits it.
• Many fields here are short of sulphur, which it needs a lot.

Likes pH 6.0–7.0.

Money

Yield: about 13 quintals an acre here (district figures).

Mandi price at last season's harvest (January–February 2026): about ₹17,600 a quintal across mandis in your state.

Prices are usually best in August.

Typical costs are about ₹1.4 lakh an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2024–2026), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 370 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 750 mm it can use in a normal year, and 510 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 22–30 °C on average, and survives 15–38 °C.

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

• Jun 30 °C / 23 °C
• Jul 29 °C / 23 °C
• Aug 30 °C / 23 °C
• Sep 30 °C / 24 °C

Soil

Soil for Bitter Gourd: 9 out of 10 (good).

Not in the score: nitrogen.

• The pH here suits it.
• Most fields here are short of sulphur.

Likes pH 6.0–6.5.

Money

Yield: about 23 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).

Mandi price at this season's harvest so far (October–November 2026): about ₹5,800 a quintal at mandis in your district.

Prices are usually best in October.

Typical costs are about ₹38,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 250 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 570 mm it can use in a normal year, and 410 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 18–32 °C on average, and survives 6–38 °C.

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

• Jun 30 °C / 23 °C
• Jul 29 °C / 23 °C
• Aug 30 °C / 23 °C

Soil

Soil for Cucumber: 9 out of 10 (good).

Not in the score: nitrogen.

• The pH here suits it.
• Most fields here are short of sulphur.

Likes pH 6.0–7.5.

Money

Yield: about 58 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 (August–September 2026): about ₹2,700 a quintal at mandis in your district.

Prices are usually best in October.

Typical costs are about ₹63,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 420 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 770 mm it can use in a normal year, and 620 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 20–37 °C on average, and survives 13–45 °C.

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

• May 33 °C / 25 °C
• Jun 30 °C / 23 °C
• Jul 29 °C / 23 °C
• Aug 30 °C / 23 °C
• Sep 30 °C / 24 °C

Soil

Soil for Jute: 9 out of 10 (good).

Not in the score: nitrogen.

• The pH here suits it.
• Many fields here are short of boron, which it needs a lot.
• Most fields here are short of sulphur.

Likes pH 6.5–7.0.

Money

Yield: about 11 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).

Mandi price at last season's harvest (September–October 2026): about ₹12,950 a quintal across India's mandis.

Minimum support price: ₹5,925 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.

Prices are usually best in June.

Typical costs are about ₹40,000 an acre (seed, fertiliser, labour and hired machines, from the government's cost survey). They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 500 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 840 mm it can use in a normal year, and 570 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 20–27 °C on average, and survives 7–35 °C.

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

• Jun 30 °C / 23 °C
• Jul 29 °C / 23 °C
• Aug 30 °C / 23 °C
• Sep 30 °C / 24 °C
• Oct 31 °C / 24 °C (outside its best range)

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Tomato: 9 out of 10 (good).

Not in the score: nitrogen.

• The pH here suits it.
• Most fields here are short of sulphur.

Likes pH 5.5–6.8.

Money

Yield: about 35 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).

Mandi price at this season's harvest so far (October–November 2026): about ₹3,300 a quintal at mandis in your district.

Prices are usually best in December.

Typical costs are about ₹46,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 280 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 600 mm it can use in a normal year, and 420 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 16–25 °C on average, and survives 7–32 °C.

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

• Jun 30 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)
• Jul 29 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)
• Aug 30 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Beans (Vegetable): 9 out of 10 (good).

Not in the score: nitrogen.

• The pH here suits it.
• Most fields here are short of sulphur.

Likes pH 5.5–7.5.

Money

Yield: about 45 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 ₹7,200 a quintal at mandis in your district.

Prices are usually best in May.

Typical costs are about ₹1.2 lakh an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 370 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 690 mm it can use in a normal year, and 480 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 10–25 °C on average, and survives 5–30 °C.

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

• Jun 30 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)
• Jul 29 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)
• Aug 30 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)
• Sep 30 °C / 24 °C (outside its best range)

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Cauliflower: 9 out of 10 (good).

Not in the score: nitrogen.

• The pH here suits it.
• Many fields here are short of boron, which it needs a lot.
• Most fields here are short of sulphur.

Likes pH 6.0–7.0.

Money

Yield: about 84 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).

Mandi price at last season's harvest (September–October 2026): about ₹4,250 a quintal at mandis in your district.

Prices are usually best in October.

Typical costs are about ₹1.4 lakh an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 370 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 690 mm it can use in a normal year, and 480 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 15–24 °C on average, and survives 7–32 °C.

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

• Jun 30 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)
• Jul 29 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)
• Aug 30 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)
• Sep 30 °C / 24 °C (outside its best range)

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Cabbage: 9 out of 10 (good).

Not in the score: nitrogen.

• The pH here suits it.
• Many fields here are short of boron, which it needs a lot.
• Most fields here are short of sulphur.

Likes pH 6.0–7.5.

Money

Yield: about 97 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).

Mandi price at last season's harvest (September–October 2026): about ₹2,050 a quintal at mandis in your district.

Prices are usually best in June.

Typical costs are about ₹1.0 lakh an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 470 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 720 mm it can use in a normal year, and 490 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 12–25 °C on average, and survives 4–33 °C.

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

• Jul 29 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)
• Aug 30 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)
• Sep 30 °C / 24 °C (outside its best range)
• Oct 31 °C / 24 °C (outside its best range)
• Nov 31 °C / 24 °C (outside its best range)

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Onion: 9 out of 10 (good).

Not in the score: nitrogen.

• The pH here suits it.
• Many fields here are short of sulphur, which it needs a lot.

Likes pH 6.0–7.0.

Money

Yield: about 64 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).

Mandi price at last season's harvest (December 2025): about ₹3,100 a quintal at mandis in your district.

Prices are usually best in September.

Typical costs are about ₹1.0 lakh an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 170 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 400 mm it can use in a normal year, and 320 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 12–26 °C on average, and survives 10–37 °C.

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

• Jun 30 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)
• Jul 29 °C / 23 °C

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Radish: 9 out of 10 (good).

Not in the score: nitrogen.

• The pH here suits it.
• Many fields here are short of boron, which it needs a lot.
• Most fields here are short of sulphur.

Likes pH 6.0–7.0.

Money

Yield: about 66 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).

Mandi price at last season's harvest (August–September 2026): about ₹2,525 a quintal at mandis in your district.

Prices are usually best in November.

Typical costs are about ₹71,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 310 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 690 mm it can use in a normal year, and 480 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 18–26 °C on average, and survives 11–34 °C.

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

• Jun 30 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)
• Jul 29 °C / 23 °C
• Aug 30 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)
• Sep 30 °C / 24 °C (outside its best range)

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Niger Seed: 9 out of 10 (good).

Not in the score: nitrogen.

• The pH here suits it.
• Many fields here are short of sulphur, which it needs a lot.
• Many fields here are short of boron, which it needs a lot.

Likes pH 5.5–6.5.

Money

Yield: about 1.3 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).

Mandi price at last season's harvest (September–October 2026): about ₹10,750 a quintal across India's mandis.

Minimum support price: ₹10,052 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.

Prices are usually best in August.

Typical costs are about ₹8,000 an acre (seed, fertiliser, labour and hired machines, from the government's cost survey). They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 340 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 690 mm it can use in a normal year, and 480 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

Grows best at 18–33 °C on average, and survives 10–47 °C.

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

• Jun 30 °C / 23 °C
• Jul 29 °C / 23 °C
• Aug 30 °C / 23 °C
• Sep 30 °C / 24 °C

Soil

Soil for Maize: 9 out of 10 (good).

Not in the score: nitrogen.

• The pH here suits it.
• Most fields here are short of sulphur.

Likes pH 5.0–7.0.

Money

Yield: about 9.3 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (your district's own figure looked wrong).

Mandi price at last season's harvest (September–October 2026): about ₹2,350 a quintal across India's mandis.

Minimum support price: ₹2,410 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.

Prices are usually best in November.

Typical costs are about ₹22,000 an acre (seed, fertiliser, labour and hired machines, from the government's cost survey). They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 290 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 640 mm it can use in a normal year, and 440 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 20–30 °C on average, and survives 10–40 °C.

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

• Jun 30 °C / 23 °C
• Jul 29 °C / 23 °C
• Aug 30 °C / 23 °C
• Sep 30 °C / 24 °C

Soil

Soil for Sesame (Til): 9 out of 10 (good).

Not in the score: nitrogen.

• The pH here suits it.
• Many fields here are short of sulphur, which it needs a lot.
• Many fields here are short of boron, which it needs a lot.

Likes pH 5.5–7.5.

Money

Yield: about 1.1 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (your district's own figure looked wrong).

Mandi price at last season's harvest (September–October 2026): about ₹12,500 a quintal across India's mandis.

Minimum support price: ₹10,346 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.

Prices are usually best in November.

Typical costs are about ₹15,000 an acre (seed, fertiliser, labour and hired machines, from the government's cost survey). They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 320 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 750 mm it can use in a normal year, and 510 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 18–30 °C on average, and survives 8–35 °C.

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

• Jun 30 °C / 23 °C
• Jul 29 °C / 23 °C
• Aug 30 °C / 23 °C
• Sep 30 °C / 24 °C

Soil

Soil for Ragi (Finger Millet): 9 out of 10 (good).

Not in the score: nitrogen.

• The pH here suits it.
• Most fields here are short of sulphur.

Likes pH 6.0–7.0.

Money

Yield: about 5.5 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (your district's own figure looked wrong).

Mandi price at this season's harvest so far (October–November 2026): about ₹3,501 a quintal across India's mandis.

Minimum support price: ₹5,205 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.

Prices are usually best in January.

Typical costs are about ₹21,000 an acre (seed, fertiliser, labour and hired machines, from the government's cost survey). They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 340 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 750 mm it can use in a normal year, and 510 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 22–35 °C on average, and survives 8–40 °C.

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

• Jun 30 °C / 23 °C
• Jul 29 °C / 23 °C
• Aug 30 °C / 23 °C
• Sep 30 °C / 24 °C

Soil

Soil for Jowar (Sorghum): 9 out of 10 (good).

Not in the score: nitrogen.

• The pH here suits it.
• Most fields here are short of sulphur.

Likes pH 5.5–8.0.

Money

Yield: about 2.8 quintals an acre here (district figures).

Mandi price at this season's harvest so far (October–November 2026): about ₹3,701 a quintal across India's mandis.

Minimum support price: ₹4,023 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.

Prices swing a lot from year to year, so income can be well above or below this range.

Prices are usually best in October.

Typical costs are about ₹12,000 an acre (seed, fertiliser, labour and hired machines, from the government's cost survey). They are spent whatever the harvest.