Capsicum
Sow in June, harvest around November
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.
₹2.0 lakh–₹3.0 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹71,000–₹1.7 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, even in a dry year.
Needs about 500 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 1,210 mm it can use in a normal year, and 1,010 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 17–30 °C on average, and survives 8–35 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 29 °C / 21 °C
- Jul 29 °C / 22 °C
- Aug 29 °C / 22 °C
- Sep 29 °C / 21 °C
- Oct 27 °C / 18 °C
Soil
Soil for Capsicum: 9 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
- Many fields here are short of potassium, which it needs a lot.
- Most fields here are short of organic carbon.
Likes pH 5.5–6.8.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 62 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).
Mandi price at last season's harvest (December 2025): about ₹4,024 a quintal across India's mandis.
This week: about ₹4,075 a quintal, the middle of 184 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹1.2 lakh a season after typical costs.
- ₹2,530 2021
- ₹3,430 2022
- ₹2,630 2023
- ₹4,000 2024
- ₹3,610 2025
Prices are usually best in October.
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.
How to make it work
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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.