Your plan for Mahendragarh

Nothing fits well this season. Look at the crops below that are possible with effort, or try another season.

1. Guar Seed (Cluster Bean)

   JJASONDJFMAM

   Sow in June, harvest around September

   This season's sowing time (June–July) is over.

   Grown on 35,990 acres here. Sold at 2 mandis in your district.

   ₹9,000–₹13,000

   per acre a season, before costs

   After typical costs: ₹2,000–₹7,000 an acre a season

   • Needs care: Risky: 5 irrigations short
   • Suits: Ideal temperatures
   • Needs care: Soil 7/10

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   Water

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

   Rain covers 48% of its need dry year

   Needs about 430 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 210 mm it can use in a normal year, and 120 mm in a dry year.

   Temperature

   Grows best at 25–35 °C on average, and survives 10–45 °C.

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

   • Jun 40 °C / 28 °C
   • Jul 36 °C / 27 °C
   • Aug 34 °C / 26 °C
   • Sep 35 °C / 24 °C

   Soil

   Soil for Guar Seed (Cluster Bean): 7 out of 10 (okay).

   • The pH here suits it.
   • Low nitrogen matters less: it makes its own.
   • Most fields here are short of potassium.
   • Most fields here are short of organic carbon.
   • Most fields here are short of iron.

   Likes pH 7.5–8.0.

   How the soil score works

   Money

   Yield: about 3.4 quintals an acre here in this season (district figures).

   On rain alone it gets about 48% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 48% of this yield.

   Mandi price at last season's harvest (September–October 2026): about ₹6,475 a quintal at mandis in your district.

   1. ₹4,930 2024
   2. ₹4,800 2025

   Prices are usually best in October.

   Typical costs are about ₹6,000 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

   The better districts with similar soil, rain and warmth get 3.5 quintals an acre. That's a realistic target.

   • Short of potassium Your soil is likely short of potassium.

     Add about a quarter more potash (MOP) than the usual dose.

     Few local farmers add it to this crop, so it's an easy place to get ahead.

   • Short of organic carbon Your soil is likely short of organic carbon.

     Add 4 tonnes of compost or farmyard manure per acre before sowing, and plough crop leftovers back in instead of burning them.

     Few local farmers add it to this crop, so it's an easy place to get ahead.

   • Short of iron Your soil is likely short of iron.

     Spray ferrous sulphate, 5 g per litre of water, when young leaves turn yellow.

     Few local farmers add it to this crop, so it's an easy place to get ahead.

   • 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):

   • Urea 97%

2. Moong (Green Gram)

   JJASONDJFMAM

   Sow in July, harvest around September

   This season's sowing time (June–July) is over.

   Grown on 2,747 acres here. Priced from mandis across your state.

   ₹13,000–₹20,000

   per acre a season, before costs

   At typical costs, from a loss of ₹1,000 to a profit of ₹5,000 an acre a season

   • Needs care: Risky: 3 irrigations short
   • Suits: Ideal temperatures
   • Needs care: Soil 7/10

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   Water

   Rain falls about 3 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

   Rain covers 53% of its need dry year

   Needs about 280 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 150 mm it can use in a normal year, and 80 mm in a dry year.

   Temperature

   Grows best at 21–36 °C on average, and survives 8–40 °C.

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

   • Jul 36 °C / 27 °C
   • Aug 34 °C / 26 °C
   • Sep 35 °C / 24 °C

   Soil

   Soil for Moong (Green Gram): 7 out of 10 (okay).

   • The pH here suits it.
   • Low nitrogen matters less: it makes its own.
   • Many fields here are short of phosphorus, which it needs a lot.
   • Most fields here are short of potassium.
   • Most fields here are short of organic carbon.

   Likes pH 6.2–7.5.

   How the soil score works

   Money

   Yield: about 2.1 quintals an acre here in this season (district figures).

   Mandi price at last season's harvest (September–October 2026): about ₹7,665 a quintal across mandis in your state.

   Minimum support price: ₹8,780 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.

   Prices are usually best in October.

   Typical costs are about ₹14,000 an acre (seed, fertiliser, labour and hired machines, from the government's cost survey). They are spent whatever the harvest.

   How to make it work

   The better districts with similar soil, rain and warmth get 3.8 quintals an acre. That's a realistic target.

   • 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.

   • Short of organic carbon Your soil is likely short of organic carbon.

     Add 4 tonnes of compost or farmyard manure per acre before sowing, and plough crop leftovers back in instead of burning them.

     Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.

   • Short of iron Your soil is likely short of iron.

     Spray ferrous sulphate, 5 g per litre of water, when young leaves turn yellow.

     Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.

   • Short of boron Your soil is likely short of boron.

     Mix 4 kg of borax per acre into the soil before sowing.

     Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.

3. Bajra (Pearl Millet)

   JJASONDJFMAM

   Sow in June, harvest around September

   This season's sowing time (June–July) is over.

   Grown on 2.8 lakh acres here. Sold at 5 mandis in your district.

   ₹10,000–₹15,000

   per acre a season, before costs

   At typical costs, from a loss of ₹1,000 to a profit of ₹4,000 an acre a season

   • Needs care: Risky: 4 irrigations short
   • Suits: Ideal temperatures
   • Needs care: Soil 7/10

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   Water

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

   Rain covers 55% of its need dry year

   Needs about 340 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 190 mm it can use in a normal year, and 120 mm in a dry year.

   Temperature

   Grows best at 25–35 °C on average, and survives 12–40 °C.

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

   • Jun 40 °C / 28 °C
   • Jul 36 °C / 27 °C
   • Aug 34 °C / 26 °C

   Soil

   Soil for Bajra (Pearl Millet): 7 out of 10 (okay).

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

   Likes pH 6.5–8.0.

   How the soil score works

   Money

   Yield: about 10 quintals an acre here in this season (district figures).

   On rain alone it gets about 55% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 55% of this yield.

   Mandi price at last season's harvest (September–October 2026): about ₹2,260 a quintal at mandis in your district.

   Minimum support price: ₹2,900 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.

   1. ₹2,100 2023
   2. ₹2,350 2024
   3. ₹2,350 2025

   Prices are usually best in November.

   Typical costs are about ₹11,000 an acre (seed, fertiliser, labour and hired machines, from the government's cost survey). They are spent whatever the harvest.

   How to make it work

   The better districts with similar soil, rain and warmth get 9.7 quintals an acre. That's a realistic target.

   • Short of nitrogen Your soil is likely short of nitrogen.

     Add about a quarter more urea than the usual dose, in two or three splits. A pulse crop in rotation also adds nitrogen.

     About 99% of local fields of this crop get it.

   • Short of potassium Your soil is likely short of potassium.

     Add about a quarter more potash (MOP) than the usual dose.

     Few local farmers add it to this crop, so it's an easy place to get ahead.

   • Short of organic carbon Your soil is likely short of organic carbon.

     Add 4 tonnes of compost or farmyard manure per acre before sowing, and plough crop leftovers back in instead of burning them.

     Few local farmers add it to this crop, so it's an easy place to get ahead.

   • Short of iron Your soil is likely short of iron.

     Spray ferrous sulphate, 5 g per litre of water, when young leaves turn yellow.

     Few local farmers add it to this crop, so it's an easy place to get ahead.

   • 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):

   • Urea 99%
   • Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) 1%

4. Groundnut

   JJASONDJFMAM

   Sow in June, harvest around October

   This season's sowing time (June–July) is over.

   Grown on 329 acres here. Priced from mandis across your state.

   Only with irrigation: rain gives too little of its water to count on

   • Needs care: Risky: 6 irrigations short
   • Suits: Ideal temperatures
   • Needs care: Soil 7/10

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   Water

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

   Rain covers 42% of its need dry year

   Needs about 520 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 220 mm it can use in a normal year, and 130 mm in a dry year.

   Temperature

   Grows best at 22–32 °C on average, and survives 10–45 °C.

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

   • Jun 40 °C / 28 °C (outside its best range)
   • Jul 36 °C / 27 °C
   • Aug 34 °C / 26 °C
   • Sep 35 °C / 24 °C

   Months in orange are outside its best range.

   Soil

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

   • The pH here suits it.
   • Low nitrogen matters less: it makes its own.
   • Many fields here are short of boron, which it needs a lot.
   • Most fields here are short of potassium.
   • Most fields here are short of organic carbon.

   Likes pH 5.5–6.5.

   How the soil score works

   Money

   Yield: about 2.0 quintals an acre here in this season (district figures).

   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 this season's harvest so far (October–November 2026): about ₹5,974 a quintal across mandis in your state.

   Minimum support price: ₹7,517 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.

   Prices are usually best in September.

   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.

   How to make it work

   The better districts with similar soil, rain and warmth get 7.3 quintals an acre. That's a realistic target.

   • 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.

   • Short of organic carbon Your soil is likely short of organic carbon.

     Add 4 tonnes of compost or farmyard manure per acre before sowing, and plough crop leftovers back in instead of burning them.

     Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.

   • Short of iron Your soil is likely short of iron.

     Spray ferrous sulphate, 5 g per litre of water, when young leaves turn yellow.

     Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.

   • Short of boron Your soil is likely short of boron.

     Mix 4 kg of borax per acre into the soil before sowing.

     Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.

5. Sesame (Til)

   JJASONDJFMAM

   Sow in June, harvest around September

   This season's sowing time (June–July) is over.

   Grown on 195 acres here. Priced from mandis across India.

   Only with irrigation: rain gives too little of its water to count on

   • Needs care: Risky: 4 irrigations short
   • Needs care: Warm in June
   • Needs care: Soil 7/10

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   Water

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

   Rain covers 50% of its need dry year

   Needs about 390 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 200 mm it can use in a normal year, and 120 mm in a dry year.

   Temperature

   Grows best at 20–30 °C on average, and survives 10–40 °C.

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

   • Jun 40 °C / 28 °C (outside its best range)
   • Jul 36 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
   • Aug 34 °C / 26 °C
   • Sep 35 °C / 24 °C

   Months in orange are outside its best range.

   Soil

   Soil for Sesame (Til): 7 out of 10 (okay).

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

   Likes pH 5.5–7.5.

   How the soil score works

   Money

   Yield: about 2.3 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (your district's own figure looked wrong).

   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 (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.

   1. ₹7,840 2021
   2. ₹9,550 2022
   3. ₹13,310 2023
   4. ₹11,590 2024
   5. ₹8,860 2025

   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.

   How to make it work

   The better districts with similar soil, rain and warmth get 2.0 quintals an acre. That's a realistic target.

   • Short of nitrogen Your soil is likely short of nitrogen.

     Add about a quarter more urea than the usual dose, in two or three splits. A pulse crop in rotation also adds nitrogen.

     About 100% of local fields of this crop get it.

   • Short of potassium Your soil is likely short of potassium.

     Add about a quarter more potash (MOP) than the usual dose.

     Few local farmers add it to this crop, so it's an easy place to get ahead.

   • Short of organic carbon Your soil is likely short of organic carbon.

     Add 4 tonnes of compost or farmyard manure per acre before sowing, and plough crop leftovers back in instead of burning them.

     Few local farmers add it to this crop, so it's an easy place to get ahead.

   • Short of iron Your soil is likely short of iron.

     Spray ferrous sulphate, 5 g per litre of water, when young leaves turn yellow.

     Few local farmers add it to this crop, so it's an easy place to get ahead.

   • 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):

   • Urea 100%

6. Jowar (Sorghum)

   JJASONDJFMAM

   Sow in June, harvest around October

   This season's sowing time (June–July) is over.

   Grown on 82 acres here. Priced from mandis across India.

   Only with irrigation: rain gives too little of its water to count on

   • Needs care: Risky: 5 irrigations short
   • Suits: Ideal temperatures
   • Needs care: Soil 6/10

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   Water

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

   Rain covers 48% of its need dry year

   Needs about 460 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 220 mm it can use in a normal year, and 130 mm in a dry year.

   Temperature

   Grows best at 22–35 °C on average, and survives 8–40 °C.

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

   • Jun 40 °C / 28 °C
   • Jul 36 °C / 27 °C
   • Aug 34 °C / 26 °C
   • Sep 35 °C / 24 °C

   Soil

   Soil for Jowar (Sorghum): 6 out of 10 (okay).

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

   Likes pH 5.5–8.0.

   How the soil score works

   Money

   Yield: about 2.1 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (your district's own figure looked wrong).

   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 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.

   1. ₹1,820 2021
   2. ₹2,180 2022
   3. ₹3,330 2023
   4. ₹2,760 2024
   5. ₹2,590 2025

   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.

   How to make it work

   The better districts with similar soil, rain and warmth get 6.5 quintals an acre. That's a realistic target.

   • Short of nitrogen Your soil is likely short of nitrogen.

     Add about a quarter more urea than the usual dose, in two or three splits. A pulse crop in rotation also adds nitrogen.

     Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.

   • 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.

   • Short of organic carbon Your soil is likely short of organic carbon.

     Add 4 tonnes of compost or farmyard manure per acre before sowing, and plough crop leftovers back in instead of burning them.

     Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.

   • Short of iron Your soil is likely short of iron.

     Spray ferrous sulphate, 5 g per litre of water, when young leaves turn yellow.

     Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.

   • Short of boron Your soil is likely short of boron.

     Mix 4 kg of borax per acre into the soil before sowing.

     Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.

7. Moth Bean

   JJASONDJFMAM

   Sow in July, harvest around September

   This season's sowing time (June–July) is over.

   Grown on 77 acres here. Priced from mandis across India.

   Only with irrigation: rain gives too little of its water to count on

   • Needs care: Risky: 4 irrigations short
   • Suits: Ideal temperatures
   • Suits: Soil 8/10

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   Water

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

   Rain covers 51% of its need dry year

   Needs about 300 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 150 mm it can use in a normal year, and 90 mm in a dry year.

   Temperature

   Grows best at 24–32 °C on average, and survives 13–45 °C.

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

   • Jul 36 °C / 27 °C
   • Aug 34 °C / 26 °C
   • Sep 35 °C / 24 °C

   Soil

   Soil for Moth Bean: 8 out of 10 (good).

   • The pH here suits it.
   • Low nitrogen matters less: it makes its own.
   • Most fields here are short of potassium.
   • Most fields here are short of organic carbon.
   • Most fields here are short of iron.

   Likes pH 6.5–8.2.

   How the soil score works

   Money

   Yield: about 1.4 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (your district's own figure looked wrong).

   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 (September–October 2026): about ₹9,525 a quintal across India's mandis.

   1. ₹6,910 2021
   2. ₹6,570 2022
   3. ₹6,320 2023
   4. ₹5,950 2024
   5. ₹6,330 2025

   Prices are usually best in October.

   Typical costs are about ₹4,000 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

   • 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.

   • Short of organic carbon Your soil is likely short of organic carbon.

     Add 4 tonnes of compost or farmyard manure per acre before sowing, and plough crop leftovers back in instead of burning them.

     Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.

   • Short of iron Your soil is likely short of iron.

     Spray ferrous sulphate, 5 g per litre of water, when young leaves turn yellow.

     Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.

   • Short of boron Your soil is likely short of boron.

     Mix 4 kg of borax per acre into the soil before sowing.

     Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.

8. Maize

   JJASONDJFMAM

   Sow in June, harvest around September

   This season's sowing time (June–July) is over.

   Grown on 8.6 acres here. Priced from mandis across your state.

   Only with irrigation: rain gives too little of its water to count on

   • Needs care: Risky: 6 irrigations short
   • Suits: Ideal temperatures
   • Needs care: Soil 6/10

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   Water

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

   Rain covers 45% of its need dry year

   Needs about 460 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 210 mm it can use in a normal year, and 120 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 40 °C / 28 °C (outside its best range)
   • Jul 36 °C / 27 °C
   • Aug 34 °C / 26 °C
   • Sep 35 °C / 24 °C

   Months in orange are outside its best range.

   Soil

   Soil for Maize: 6 out of 10 (okay).

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

   Likes pH 5.0–7.0.

   How the soil score works

   Money

   Yield: about 13 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (your district's own figure looked wrong).

   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 (September 2026): about ₹2,200 a quintal across mandis in your state.

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

   1. ₹2,180 2023
   2. ₹2,190 2024
   3. ₹2,000 2025

   Prices are usually best in September.

   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.

   How to make it work

   The better districts with similar soil, rain and warmth get 14 quintals an acre. That's a realistic target.

   • Short of nitrogen Your soil is likely short of nitrogen.

     Add about a quarter more urea than the usual dose, in two or three splits. A pulse crop in rotation also adds nitrogen.

     Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.

   • 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.

   • Short of organic carbon Your soil is likely short of organic carbon.

     Add 4 tonnes of compost or farmyard manure per acre before sowing, and plough crop leftovers back in instead of burning them.

     Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.

   • Short of iron Your soil is likely short of iron.

     Spray ferrous sulphate, 5 g per litre of water, when young leaves turn yellow.

     Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.

   • Short of boron Your soil is likely short of boron.

     Mix 4 kg of borax per acre into the soil before sowing.

     Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.

9. Ash Gourd

   JJASONDJFMAM

   Sow in June, 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. Priced from mandis across India.

   Only with irrigation: rain gives too little of its water to count on

   • Needs care: Risky: 7 irrigations short
   • Needs care: Warm in June
   • Needs care: Soil 6/10

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   Water

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

   Rain covers 41% of its need dry year

   Needs about 530 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 220 mm it can use in a normal year, and 130 mm in a dry year.

   Temperature

   Grows best at 24–30 °C on average, and survives 12–37 °C.

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

   • Jun 40 °C / 28 °C (outside its best range)
   • Jul 36 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
   • Aug 34 °C / 26 °C
   • Sep 35 °C / 24 °C
   • Oct 35 °C / 18 °C

   Months in orange are outside its best range.

   Soil

   Soil for Ash Gourd: 6 out of 10 (okay).

   • 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.
   • Most fields here are short of organic carbon.

   Likes pH 5.6–6.8.

   How the soil score works

   Money

   No yield records for this crop yet.

   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 this season's harvest so far (October–November 2026): about ₹2,550 a quintal across India's mandis.

   1. ₹1,610 2021
   2. ₹1,590 2022
   3. ₹2,000 2023
   4. ₹2,200 2024
   5. ₹2,200 2025

   Prices are usually best in December.

   How to make it work

   • Short of nitrogen Your soil is likely short of nitrogen.

     Add about a quarter more urea than the usual dose, in two or three splits. A pulse crop in rotation also adds nitrogen.

     Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.

   • 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.

   • Short of organic carbon Your soil is likely short of organic carbon.

     Add 4 tonnes of compost or farmyard manure per acre before sowing, and plough crop leftovers back in instead of burning them.

     Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.

   • Short of iron Your soil is likely short of iron.

     Spray ferrous sulphate, 5 g per litre of water, when young leaves turn yellow.

     Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.

   • Short of boron Your soil is likely short of boron.

     Mix 4 kg of borax per acre into the soil before sowing.

     Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.

10. Bitter Gourd

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    Sow in June, 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 4 mandis in your district.

    Only with irrigation: rain gives too little of its water to count on

    • Needs care: Risky: 6 irrigations short
    • Needs care: Warm in June
    • Needs care: Soil 7/10

    Why, and how to make it work Hide details

    Water

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

    Rain covers 44% of its need dry year

    Needs about 490 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 220 mm it can use in a normal year, and 130 mm in a dry year.

    Temperature

    Grows best at 22–30 °C on average, and survives 15–38 °C.

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

    • Jun 40 °C / 28 °C (outside its best range)
    • Jul 36 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
    • Aug 34 °C / 26 °C
    • Sep 35 °C / 24 °C

    Months in orange are outside its best range.

    Soil

    Soil for Bitter Gourd: 7 out of 10 (okay).

    • 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.
    • Most fields here are short of organic carbon.

    Likes pH 6.0–6.5.

    How the soil score works

    Money

    Yield: about 39 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).

    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 this season's harvest so far (October 2026): about ₹2,500 a quintal at mandis in your district.

    1. ₹2,250 2022
    2. ₹1,980 2023
    3. ₹2,500 2024
    4. ₹2,500 2025

    Prices are usually best in February.

    Typical costs are about ₹64,000 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

    • Short of nitrogen Your soil is likely short of nitrogen.

      Add about a quarter more urea than the usual dose, in two or three splits. A pulse crop in rotation also adds nitrogen.

      Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.

    • 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.

    • Short of organic carbon Your soil is likely short of organic carbon.

      Add 4 tonnes of compost or farmyard manure per acre before sowing, and plough crop leftovers back in instead of burning them.

      Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.

    • Short of iron Your soil is likely short of iron.

      Spray ferrous sulphate, 5 g per litre of water, when young leaves turn yellow.

      Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.

    • Short of boron Your soil is likely short of boron.

      Mix 4 kg of borax per acre into the soil before sowing.

      Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.