Your plan for Chennai
We checked 9 crops against your soil, rain and temperature, whether or not they're grown near you.
We don't have rain and temperature records for this place yet, so we can't say which crops suit it.
Grown here now: Rice Moong (Green Gram) Chillies (Dry) Groundnut
Your land
Soil
No soil survey for this place yet. Add your soil card to judge soil.
Rain
No rain records for this district yet.
Temperature
Days about 36 °C, nights 26 °C in Kharif
Typical of the district's villages; a farm much higher or lower can be a few degrees cooler or warmer.
Good fit 0
Water, temperature and soil type suit; amber shows what needs care, such as nutrients to add. Sorted by what is likely left per acre after costs; risky crops come lower.
Nothing fits well this season. Look at the crops below that are possible with effort, or try another season.
Possible, with effort 0
Each needs something extra: irrigation, soil care or a careful sowing time, or it likely loses money at typical costs. The card says what.
No crops in this group.
9 crops won't work here See why for each one
- Beans (Vegetable) too hot here in this season
- Cabbage too hot here in this season
- Cauliflower too hot in July
- Korra (Foxtail Millet) too hot here in this season
- Niger Seed too hot here in this season
- Radish too hot here in this season
- Rajmash (Kidney Bean) too hot here in this season
- Saffron too hot in August
- Water Chestnut too hot here in this season
10 more crops aren't judged yet because we don't have their growing needs.
Next steps
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Test your soil
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Talk to your Krishi Vigyan Kendra
Your district's farm science centre gives free local advice.
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Source: Soil Health Card – soil nutrient analysis (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare); Crop area, production & yield – district-wise (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare); Crop area, production & yield – UPAG (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare); Horticulture area & production statistics (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare); IMD gridded daily rainfall (0.25°); IMD gridded daily max/min temperature (1°); TerraClimate 1991–2020 temperature normals (about 4 km), where each district's villages are; FAO ECOCROP crop requirements (via OpenCLIM/ecocrop); FAO-56 crop coefficients (Allen et al. 1998); Agmarknet daily prices and arrivals (India Data Portal).