Your plan for Puducherry

Water

Rain is enough in a normal year. Keep one irrigation ready for a dry year.

Needs about 610 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 800 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 21–30 °C on average, and survives 10–36 °C.

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

• Jun 37 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
• Jul 35 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
• Aug 34 °C / 25 °C
• Sep 34 °C / 25 °C
• Oct 32 °C / 24 °C
• Nov 30 °C / 23 °C
• Dec 29 °C / 22 °C
• Jan 30 °C / 21 °C
• Feb 31 °C / 22 °C
• Mar 33 °C / 23 °C
• Apr 35 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
• May 37 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
• Jun 37 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Pineapple: 8 out of 10 (good).

Not in the score: organic carbon, sulphur and boron.

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

Likes pH 4.5–6.5.

Money

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

A new planting gives its first real harvest after about 2 years. The money here is for plants already bearing.

Mandi price at last season's harvest (July–September 2026): about ₹4,500 a quintal across India's mandis.

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 falls about 6 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

Needs about 1,060 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 800 mm it can use in a normal year, and 570 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

Grows best at 18–30 °C on average, and survives 10–38 °C.

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

• Jun 37 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
• Jul 35 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
• Aug 34 °C / 25 °C
• Sep 34 °C / 25 °C
• Oct 32 °C / 24 °C
• Nov 30 °C / 23 °C
• Dec 29 °C / 22 °C
• Jan 30 °C / 21 °C
• Feb 31 °C / 22 °C
• Mar 33 °C / 23 °C
• Apr 35 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
• May 37 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
• Jun 37 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Grapes: 8 out of 10 (good).

Not in the score: organic carbon, sulphur and boron.

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

Likes pH 5.5–7.5.

Money

Yield: about 77 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).

A new planting gives its first real harvest after about 2 years. The money here is for plants already bearing.

On rain alone it gets about 75% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 75% of this yield.

Mandi price at last season's harvest (February–April 2026): about ₹7,900 a quintal across India's mandis.

Prices are usually best in November.

Typical costs are about ₹2.5 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 falls about 18 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

Needs about 1,650 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 800 mm it can use in a normal year, and 570 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

Grows best at 22–34 °C on average, and survives 14–38 °C.

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

• Jun 37 °C / 26 °C
• Jul 35 °C / 26 °C
• Aug 34 °C / 25 °C
• Sep 34 °C / 25 °C
• Oct 32 °C / 24 °C
• Nov 30 °C / 23 °C
• Dec 29 °C / 22 °C
• Jan 30 °C / 21 °C
• Feb 31 °C / 22 °C
• Mar 33 °C / 23 °C
• Apr 35 °C / 26 °C
• May 37 °C / 27 °C
• Jun 37 °C / 26 °C

Soil

Soil for Coconut: 8 out of 10 (good).

Not in the score: organic carbon, sulphur and boron.

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

Likes pH 5.0–8.0.

Money

Yield: about 22 quintals an acre here in this season (district figures).

A new planting gives its first real harvest after about 5 years. The money here is for plants already bearing.

Mandi price through the year (December 2025–May 2026, July–November 2026): about ₹5,000 a quintal across India's mandis.

This week: about ₹5,000 a quintal, the middle of 69 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹83,000 a year after typical costs.

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

Prices are usually best in December.

Typical costs are about ₹27,000 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 falls about 7 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

Needs about 1,130 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 800 mm it can use in a normal year, and 570 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

Grows best at 26–32 °C on average, and survives 13–38 °C.

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

• Jun 37 °C / 26 °C
• Jul 35 °C / 26 °C
• Aug 34 °C / 25 °C
• Sep 34 °C / 25 °C
• Oct 32 °C / 24 °C
• Nov 30 °C / 23 °C
• Dec 29 °C / 22 °C (outside its best range)
• Jan 30 °C / 21 °C (outside its best range)
• Feb 31 °C / 22 °C
• Mar 33 °C / 23 °C
• Apr 35 °C / 26 °C
• May 37 °C / 27 °C
• Jun 37 °C / 26 °C

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Lime (Kagzi): 8 out of 10 (good).

Not in the score: organic carbon, sulphur and boron.

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

Likes pH 6.0–6.5.

Money

Yield: about 46 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).

A new planting gives its first real harvest after about 3 years. The money here is for plants already bearing.

On rain alone it gets about 71% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 71% of this yield.

Mandi price through the year (December 2025–May 2026, July–November 2026): about ₹5,500 a quintal across India's mandis.

This week: about ₹6,000 a quintal, the middle of 39 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹1.0 lakh a year after typical costs.

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 ₹94,000 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 falls about 7 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

Needs about 1,130 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 800 mm it can use in a normal year, and 570 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

Grows best at 15–28 °C on average, and survives 12–36 °C.

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

• Jun 37 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
• Jul 35 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
• Aug 34 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
• Sep 34 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
• Oct 32 °C / 24 °C (outside its best range)
• Nov 30 °C / 23 °C
• Dec 29 °C / 22 °C
• Jan 30 °C / 21 °C
• Feb 31 °C / 22 °C
• Mar 33 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)
• Apr 35 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
• May 37 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
• Jun 37 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Lemon: 7 out of 10 (okay).

Not in the score: organic carbon, sulphur and boron.

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

Likes pH 6.5–7.0.

Money

Yield: about 46 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state). Government figures count it with lime.

A new planting gives its first real harvest after about 3 years. The money here is for plants already bearing.

On rain alone it gets about 71% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 71% of this yield.

Mandi price through the year (December 2025–November 2026): about ₹6,250 a quintal across India's mandis.

This week: about ₹7,500 a quintal, the middle of 145 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹1.3 lakh a year after typical costs.

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

Prices are usually best in April.

Typical costs are about ₹1.1 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 falls about 7 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

Needs about 1,130 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 800 mm it can use in a normal year, and 570 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

Grows best at 20–30 °C on average, and survives 13–38 °C.

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

• Jun 37 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
• Jul 35 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
• Aug 34 °C / 25 °C
• Sep 34 °C / 25 °C
• Oct 32 °C / 24 °C
• Nov 30 °C / 23 °C
• Dec 29 °C / 22 °C
• Jan 30 °C / 21 °C
• Feb 31 °C / 22 °C
• Mar 33 °C / 23 °C
• Apr 35 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
• May 37 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
• Jun 37 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Sweet Orange (Mosambi): 7 out of 10 (okay).

Not in the score: organic carbon, sulphur and boron.

• Soil here is often more alkaline than it likes.
• Many fields here are short of potassium, which it needs a lot.
• Most fields here are short of nitrogen.

Likes pH 5.0–6.0.

Money

Yield: about 67 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).

A new planting gives its first real harvest after about 4 years. The money here is for plants already bearing.

On rain alone it gets about 71% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 71% of this yield.

Mandi price through the year (December 2025–November 2026): about ₹3,500 a quintal across India's mandis.

This week: about ₹3,600 a quintal, the middle of 124 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹46,000 a year after typical costs.

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 falls about 4 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

Needs about 990 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 800 mm it can use in a normal year, and 570 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

Grows best at 20–29 °C on average, and survives 10–35 °C.

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

• Jun 37 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
• Jul 35 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
• Aug 34 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
• Sep 34 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
• Oct 32 °C / 24 °C
• Nov 30 °C / 23 °C
• Dec 29 °C / 22 °C
• Jan 30 °C / 21 °C
• Feb 31 °C / 22 °C
• Mar 33 °C / 23 °C
• Apr 35 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
• May 37 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
• Jun 37 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Tapioca (Cassava): 7 out of 10 (okay).

Not in the score: organic carbon, sulphur and boron.

• The pH here suits it.
• 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 5.5–8.0.

Money

Yield: about 111 quintals an acre here (district figures).

On rain alone it gets about 81% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 81% of this yield.

Mandi price through the year (December 2025–November 2026): about ₹3,000 a quintal across India's mandis.

This week: about ₹3,500 a quintal, the middle of 70 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹71,000 a year after typical costs.

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

Prices are usually best in September.

Typical costs are about ₹2.4 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 falls about 10 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

Needs about 1,280 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 800 mm it can use in a normal year, and 570 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

Grows best at 24–30 °C on average, and survives 8–48 °C.

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

• Jun 37 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
• Jul 35 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
• Aug 34 °C / 25 °C
• Sep 34 °C / 25 °C
• Oct 32 °C / 24 °C
• Nov 30 °C / 23 °C
• Dec 29 °C / 22 °C
• Jan 30 °C / 21 °C
• Feb 31 °C / 22 °C
• Mar 33 °C / 23 °C
• Apr 35 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
• May 37 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
• Jun 37 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Mango: 8 out of 10 (good).

Not in the score: organic carbon, sulphur and boron.

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

Likes pH 5.5–7.5.

Money

Yield: about 67 quintals an acre here (older figures, 2015-16).

A new planting gives its first real harvest after about 4 years. The money here is for plants already bearing.

Rain gives it too little of the water it needs, so there's no income figure on rain alone: grow it only with irrigation.

Mandi price at last season's harvest (May–June 2026): about ₹4,125 a quintal across India's mandis.

Prices are usually best in October.

Typical costs are about ₹16,000 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 falls about 10 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

Needs about 1,280 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 800 mm it can use in a normal year, and 570 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

Grows best at 15–35 °C on average, and survives 5–46 °C.

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

• Jun 37 °C / 26 °C
• Jul 35 °C / 26 °C
• Aug 34 °C / 25 °C
• Sep 34 °C / 25 °C
• Oct 32 °C / 24 °C
• Nov 30 °C / 23 °C
• Dec 29 °C / 22 °C
• Jan 30 °C / 21 °C
• Feb 31 °C / 22 °C
• Mar 33 °C / 23 °C
• Apr 35 °C / 26 °C
• May 37 °C / 27 °C
• Jun 37 °C / 26 °C

Soil

Soil for Cashew: 8 out of 10 (good).

Not in the score: organic carbon, sulphur and boron.

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

Likes pH 4.5–6.5.

Money

Yield: about 1.8 quintals an acre here (district figures).

A new planting gives its first real harvest after about 3 years. The money here is for plants already bearing.

Rain gives it too little of the water it needs, so there's no income figure on rain alone: grow it only with irrigation.

Mandi price at last season's harvest (March–May 2026): about ₹14,855 a quintal across India's mandis.

This week: about ₹11,600 a quintal, the middle of 6 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov).

Prices are usually best in February.

Typical costs are about ₹25,000 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 falls about 7 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

Needs about 1,150 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 800 mm it can use in a normal year, and 570 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

Grows best at 20–29 °C on average, and survives 14–35 °C.

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

• Jun 37 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
• Jul 35 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
• Aug 34 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
• Sep 34 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
• Oct 32 °C / 24 °C
• Nov 30 °C / 23 °C
• Dec 29 °C / 22 °C
• Jan 30 °C / 21 °C
• Feb 31 °C / 22 °C
• Mar 33 °C / 23 °C
• Apr 35 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
• May 37 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
• Jun 37 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Aonla (Indian Gooseberry): 8 out of 10 (good).

Not in the score: organic carbon, sulphur and boron.

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

Likes pH 6.0–8.0.

Money

Yield: about 51 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).

A new planting gives its first real harvest after about 4 years. The money here is for plants already bearing.

Rain gives it too little of the water it needs, so there's no income figure on rain alone: grow it only with irrigation.

Mandi price at last season's harvest (December 2025–January 2026): about ₹3,563 a quintal across India's mandis.

This week: about ₹5,500 a quintal, the middle of 33 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov).

Prices are usually best in September.

Typical costs are about ₹76,000 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 falls about 7 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

Needs about 1,150 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 800 mm it can use in a normal year, and 570 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

Grows best at 30–42 °C on average, and survives 5–49 °C.

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

• Jun 37 °C / 26 °C
• Jul 35 °C / 26 °C
• Aug 34 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
• Sep 34 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
• Oct 32 °C / 24 °C (outside its best range)
• Nov 30 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)
• Dec 29 °C / 22 °C (outside its best range)
• Jan 30 °C / 21 °C (outside its best range)
• Feb 31 °C / 22 °C (outside its best range)
• Mar 33 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)
• Apr 35 °C / 26 °C
• May 37 °C / 27 °C
• Jun 37 °C / 26 °C

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Bael: 8 out of 10 (good).

Not in the score: organic carbon, sulphur and boron.

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

Likes pH 6.0–7.5.

Money

Yield: about 28 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).

A new planting gives its first real harvest after about 5 years. The money here is for plants already bearing.

Rain gives it too little of the water it needs, so there's no income figure on rain alone: grow it only with irrigation.

No mandi or support price for this crop yet.