Okra (Bhindi)
Sow in July, harvest around October
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 12 mandis in your district.
₹2.4 lakh–₹3.6 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹1.6 lakh–₹2.8 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 in a normal year. Keep one irrigation ready for a dry year.
Needs about 370 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 490 mm it can use in a normal year, and 330 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):
- Jul 30 °C / 24 °C
- Aug 31 °C / 24 °C
- Sep 31 °C / 24 °C
- Oct 31 °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 boron.
Likes pH 5.5–7.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 54 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 ₹5,550 a quintal at mandis in your district.
- ₹3,500 2021
- ₹3,000 2022
- ₹3,800 2023
- ₹4,280 2024
- ₹4,300 2025
Prices are usually best in November.
Typical costs are about ₹80,000 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 boron Your soil is likely short of boron.
Mix 4 kg of borax per acre into the soil before sowing.
Few local farmers add it to this crop, so it's an easy place to get ahead.
What local farmers put on it (share of fields):
- NPK Mixture 3%