🥬 Vegetables

8 acres of ridge gourd, 150 tonnes harvest, Rs 70 lakh price | Grafted Ridge Gourd

Grafting beera onto a tougher rootstock on 8 acres of pandiri delivered 150 tonnes and Rs 60-70 lakh revenue in three months versus a normal seedling crop.

Cultivated teasel gourd (aakakara) on two acres | Teasel Gourd | Rythu Badi

A Telugu farmer is commercially cultivating teasel gourd (aakakara) on 2 acres as a niche, high-value vegetable.

I produced Rs 15 lakh crop on a single acre | Brinjal Farming

Grafted Ankur Niteeshwar Reddy brinjal on one acre delivered 40+ tonnes and Rs 15 lakh revenue in 8 months by combining high transplant cost with relentless pest control.

Urban Farming | 100 crops on the rooftop

A Hyderabad couple proves a 1000-sq-ft rooftop can sustain 100+ edible and ornamental plants using grow bags, cocopeat mulch and egg-oil liquid feed.

We grow tomato 365 days a year | Madanapalle tomato farming

Madanapalle's climate and market support year-round tomato cultivation through staggered planting cycles.

We raise poultry, fish, cows and vegetables

A two-person Jagityal integrated farm earns ~Rs 10,000/month from 30 guntas of vegetables alone using only cow-urine and jeevamrutham, with poultry, fish and dairy stacked on the rest.

I'm producing 70 tonnes of tomato per acre

Switching from red potash to Bhoo Aushadh organic potash lifted Madanapalle tomato yields from ~55 to 70-75 tonnes/acre across 15 cuttings.

One acre of onion.. 10 tonnes yield

A 3.5-month onion crop delivers 10 tonnes/acre, with September-November sowing the prevailing local cycle.

150 tonnes of ridge gourd on 5 acres

A permanent 8-ft pandal lets Anantapur ridge gourd hit 30 t/acre with cuttings every other day for 45 days, paying off its Rs 3 lakh/acre cost in a single crop.

Doing IT Job.. Growing 16 Crops on 10 Acres | Rythu Badi

A work-from-home IT employee scaled from quarter-acre to 10-acre organic vegetable lease earning Rs 10-12k/day via Hyderabad organic stores at near-conventional prices.

Staked Tomato.. Growing 40 Tonnes per Acre | Tomato Farming

Wide 8 ft x 3 ft tomato staking with tractor sprayer cuts labour and disease while delivering 48 tonnes/acre and Rs 4 lakh net at Rs 15-20/kg average price.

We Do Staking and Pruning

Vegetable staking with bamboo and silk-wire mesh costs Rs 10-12k labour plus ~Rs 80k materials per acre but boosts vine yields across 3-4 crop cycles.

I Planted Tomatoes on 20 Acres | Summer Tomato

Chittoor farmer plants 20 acres of summer tomato in staggered 5-acre batches to hit June-July price peak, netting Rs 10-15 lakh/acre despite virus pressure.

Curry Leaves Farming & Trading

Guntur farmer-trader runs 10-acre curry leaf farm yielding 30 tonnes/year and ships 4.5 tonnes daily to Mumbai-Indore at Rs 18/kg.

Growing tomatoes in plastic tubs | Tomato Cultivation

Recycled plastic oil-drum containers with mixed cocopeat-vermicompost media let farmers grow tomato on poor or saline land with 40% higher yields and 50% lower weeding costs.

Sweet Corn Cultivation | Growing sweet corn | Rythu Badi

Sweet corn at 1x1 ft spacing returns Rs 1+ lakh profit per acre when farmers stagger plots, switch to vendor-friendly CP Sweet variety, and spray cob borer by day 10.

Capsicum, Rs 6 lakh crop per acre | Capsicum Farming

Polyhouse capsicum at Rs 6 lakh investment per acre returns Rs 6-10 lakh gross per crop with 30-35 tonnes yield over 5 months of continuous picking with traders coming to farm.

Grew pumpkin on half-acre, planted again | Pumpkin Farming | Rythu Badi

Shaheen variety pumpkin on 0.5 acre returns Rs 30,000 net for Rs 25,000 investment; staggered planting captures Dasara-Diwali ritual demand when shops smash pumpkins at thresholds.

Growing Vegetables with Low-Height Shade Net

Low-tunnel non-woven fabric over GI hoops gives small farmers polyhouse-style off-season vegetable growing at Rs 20-30K per half-acre vs Rs 2-3 lakh for shade nets.

Be Careful Cultivating Vegetables in Monsoon

Growing Vegetables Under Iron Pandals

Rs 40K Bamboo Pandals

Auction-bought bamboo + plastic wire mesh gives Rs 40-50K/acre disposable trellis for vining vegetables — Rs 15K per crop economics beats permanent shade-net structures.

Growing Colorful Watermelons

Premium watermelon varieties (Jannat, Vishal, Aarohi) routed through farmer-collective direct-to-supermarket marketing convert Rs 80K input into Rs 1.2 lakh net per crop on 20-30 guntas.

Planted hyacinth/lablab bean (chikkudu) for the second time | Bean Cultivation

Pole-type chikkudu on zero-till reused tomato stakes can return ~Rs.30,000/acre but flower drop in continuous rain is the main risk.

Pennada native brinjal cultivation

Pennada OP brinjal in coastal AP gives steady 2.5 t/week from 3 acres if jassid-vectored virus is managed with timely spacing and sprays.

We are growing English cucumber

A 10-gunta polyhouse of English cucumber can yield ~50 quintals at Rs.30–38/kg, paying back equipment cost within a couple of cycles.

Growing chikkudu (green beans) on 2.5 acres

Bathani chikkudu under reused grape trellis can give year-round pods only when Maruca and rains are actively managed without over-fertilising.

Growing onion seeds

Specialised onion-seed production after December bulb planting is being promoted as a higher-margin alternative to bulb onion farming.

Heavy losses in monsoon tomato cultivation

Rainy-season open-field tomato in Vikarabad cost ~Rs 1.2 lakh/acre but unbroken monsoon rain destroyed the crop, leaving only Rs 23,000 net against Rs 3.5 lakh invested.

Half-acre okra cultivation with Kaveri Shourya variety

Kaveri Shourya okra with its narrow gongura-like leaves and strong branching can give 60 kg per alternate-day picking from 8 guntas, well above the usual 35-40 kg.

Growing curry leaves on 5 acres

High-density direct-seeded curry leaf on raised beds with drip can run profitably for 10 years from a single planting, with November-February fetching best prices.

Growing red amaranth leafy vegetable for 10 years

Multi-crop leafy vegetable cultivation on small plots gives daily cash flow with low capital and zero wild-pig risk for farmers tired of groundnut and chickpea losses.

Ivy gourd under a 20-year-old permanent pandal

A Rs 1 lakh permanent steel pandal built 20 years ago still pays back with weekly ivy-gourd cash flow of Rs 20,000 from one acre.

Leafy vegetable cultivation in Bhimavaram

Sandy West-Godavari soils plus a 7-ft dug well let a 3-person family run continuous half-acre gongura cycles selling 600+ bundles/day at retail in Bhimavaram.

How should a permanent pandal be built?

A Rs 3 lakh/acre permanent stone-and-wire pandal at 7-ft clearance pays back within 2 climber crops while lifting beera yields from 20 to 30 tonnes/acre.

Staked vs ground-trail tomato cultivation

East Godavari's flat-ground tomato runs almost rain-fed on heavy black-cotton soil at Rs 70k/acre but loses Rs 1.5 lakh staking premium unless prices stay above Rs 400/box.

45 Tonnes/Acre Summer Tomato | Gromor Fitsol

Drip-fed Gromor Fitsol Grade-1 then Grade-2 fertigation drives 45 t/acre summer tomato yield with marketable fruit uniformity.

I Lost Money in Bottle Gourd | Bottle Gourd Cultivation

Vegetable cultivation profits are volatile; counterfeit inputs, market prices, and unseasonal rains can wipe out Rs 2 lakh investment in one season.

Curry Leaves Seeds | Curry Leaves Seeds

Pedavadlapudi (Guntur) is a 50-year-old curry leaf seed hub supplying AP, Telangana and even export markets via specialized de-husking mills.

Low-Cost Bamboo Trellis Pandal

A Rs 2 lakh bamboo-and-cement pandal recovers its cost across multiple vine-vegetable rotations and avoids costly steel structures.