Only with irrigation: rain gives too little of its water to count on
- Doesn't suit: Too dry without irrigation
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 9/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Too dry to grow on rain alone. It would need irrigation.
Needs about 1,390 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 830 mm it can use in a normal year, and 770 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 30 °C / 23 °C
- Jul 30 °C / 23 °C
- Aug 31 °C / 23 °C
- Sep 30 °C / 23 °C
- Oct 29 °C / 20 °C
- Nov 26 °C / 15 °C (outside its best range)
- Dec 23 °C / 11 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 22 °C / 9 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 24 °C / 11 °C (outside its best range)
- Mar 28 °C / 14 °C (outside its best range)
- Apr 30 °C / 18 °C
- May 30 °C / 21 °C
- Jun 30 °C / 23 °C
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Coconut: 9 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
- Many fields here are short of boron, which it needs a lot.
Likes pH 5.0–8.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 6.2 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.
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 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 64 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov).
- ₹2,850 2021
- ₹2,530 2022
- ₹2,430 2023
- ₹3,030 2024
- ₹6,010 2025
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.
How to make it work
The better districts with similar soil, rain and warmth get 20 quintals an acre. That's a realistic target.
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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.