Green Peas
Sow in November, harvest around February
Still sowing time: sow by the end of November.
No figures for your district: its government crop records list no area or yield for this crop. Sold at 9 mandis in your district.
₹77,000–₹1.2 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹17,000–₹56,000 an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Needs care: Soil 5/10
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 200 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 20 mm it can use in a normal year (10 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 170 mm from the monsoon at sowing.
Temperature
Grows best at 10–24 °C on average, and survives 4–30 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Nov 27 °C / 12 °C
- Dec 22 °C / 8 °C
- Jan 18 °C / 7 °C
- Feb 23 °C / 10 °C
Soil
Soil for Green Peas: 5 out of 10 (poor).
Not in the score: nitrogen, organic carbon, pH and 3 more.
- Many fields here are short of potassium, which it needs a lot.
Likes pH 5.5–7.0. We have no pH figures for this place.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 43 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 (February–March 2026): about ₹2,231 a quintal at mandis in your district.
- ₹4,000 2021
- ₹5,000 2022
- ₹4,500 2023
- ₹4,250 2024
- ₹6,500 2025
Prices are usually best in October.
Typical costs are about ₹60,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2024–2026), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.
How to make it work
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Short of potassium Your soil is likely short of potassium.
Add about a quarter more potash (MOP) than the usual dose.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.