Growing moong
Vigna radiata · also called moongGreen gram, a short pulse grown for its small green grain. It is sown with the monsoon, and in the north also as a summer crop after wheat.
East coast: coastal Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, coastal Andhra, coastal Odisha
At a glance
Moong in the East coast
Across India
When to sow it
Twelve growing regions, January to December. Your region comes first.
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| Region | Sow | Nursery | Transplant | Harvest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East coast | June to July (Adipattam)September to October (Purattasipattam)December to January (Margazhi-Thai pattam)Third week of January to second week of FebruaryFebruary to March | |||
| Temperate Himalaya | Mid-May to June | Mid-August to September | ||
| Cold desert | Not suited here | |||
| Sub-tropical foothills | Mid-March to 20 AprilOnset of monsoon to mid-July | |||
| North-west plains | 20 March to 10 AprilSecond half of July | |||
| Gangetic plains | Mid-March to mid-AprilLate June to early July | |||
| North-east hills and valleys | Late June to JulySeptember | |||
| Arid west | First to third week of July | |||
| Central plateau | Late June to early JulyMarch | |||
| Deccan plateau | First half of June to 7 July | |||
| South interior | June to July (Adipattam)September to October (Purattasipattam)December to January (Margazhi-Thai pattam) | |||
| West coast | September to early October, after the first paddy cropJanuary to early February, after the second paddy crop | |||
From seed to harvest
One season, day by day
Days from sowing
Before sowing
before sowing
Vermicompost
1.25 t/ha
Apply to the soil before sowing, mixed with Rhizobium 2 kg/ha and phosphobacteria 2 kg/ha
Day 0
Sow
seed treatment
Rhizobium and phosphobacteria cultures, with rice gruel as a binder
Coat the seed and sow after drying in the shade. Trichoderma or Bacillus subtilis can be coated first.
Before sowing
Vermicompost5
1.25 t/ha · Apply to the soil before sowing, mixed with Rhizobium 2 kg/ha and phosphobacteria 2 kg/ha · before sowing
Day 0
Sow
Rhizobium and phosphobacteria cultures, with rice gruel as a binder
Coat the seed and sow after drying in the shade. Trichoderma or Bacillus subtilis can be coated first.
Day 4 to 7
Seeds come up1,2,3,4Part of this comes from the sources cited. The rest is an AI suggestion.
Day 30
Panchagavya
Spray a 3% panchagavya solution on the leaves · vegetative
Day 45
Panchagavya
Spray a 3% panchagavya solution on the leaves · flowering
Day 62 to 67
Last picking4
Water every 7 to 10 days, more at flowering and pod formation.4,5
What it needs
Soil, sun and warmth
Soil pH1,2,3Part of this comes from the sources cited. The rest is an AI suggestion.
6.5 to 7.5
Well drained loam to sandy loam. Saline, alkaline or waterlogged soils do not suit it. In the Jammu region it grows on soils from sandy loam to heavy clay.
SunlightNo published guide covers this for the East coast, so this is an AI suggestion. Check it with local advice before you rely on it.
At least 6 hours a day
Full sun in an open field. It does poorly under shade.
Temperature1,2Part of this comes from the sources cited. The rest is an AI suggestion.
Grows best at 25 to 35 °C
Frost: none tolerated.
Monthly temperatures for the East coast aren't in the library yet.
Water and feeding
Watering4,5
Water straight after sowing and again on the third day, then every 7 to 10 days depending on soil and weather. Never let it go dry at flowering and pod formation, and never let water stand.
Weeding5
Hand weed twice, 15 and 30 days after sowing.
| When | What | How much | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| seed treatment | Rhizobium and phosphobacteria cultures, with rice gruel as a binder | Coat the seed and sow after drying in the shade. Trichoderma or Bacillus subtilis can be coated first. | |
| before sowing | Vermicompost | 1.25 t/ha | Apply to the soil before sowing, mixed with Rhizobium 2 kg/ha and phosphobacteria 2 kg/ha |
| vegetative | Panchagavya | Spray a 3% panchagavya solution on the leaves | |
| flowering | Panchagavya | Spray a 3% panchagavya solution on the leaves |
Varieties and yield
850 to 1000 kg a hectare
Yields vary with the plot, the seed and the season.
CO 8
Named in the organic package
VBN 4
Named in the organic package
VBN 5
Named in the organic package
VBN 6
Named in the organic package
Co 6
Kharif, late kharif and summer
VBN(Gg) 3
Moderately resistant to powdery mildew and yellow mosaic
ADT 3
Rice fallows in the Cauvery delta districts
Good neighbours1
Grows well with
Pests and diseases5
Organic and cultural controls only.
Sucking pests and pod borer
What to do
- Spray neem oil 3%, neem seed kernel extract 5% or ginger, garlic and green chilli extract 5% as a preventive spray
Yellow mosaic, leaf crinkle and leaf curl
What to do
- Rogue out infected plants
- Keep the insect carriers down with neem seed kernel extract 5% or neem oil 3%
- Spray well fermented buttermilk 10% with Bacillus subtilis 0.5%, then panchagavya 3%
Fungal leaf and root diseases
What to do
- Apply Trichoderma asperellum or Bacillus subtilis to the soil at 2.5 kg/ha
- From the first signs, spray neem seed kernel extract 5% or neem oil 3% twice, 10 days apart
- Spray Bacillus subtilis 0.5% on the leaves
Seed and the season's end
Saving seed1,2Part of this comes from the sources cited. The rest is an AI suggestion.
Keep seed from a healthy field with no yellow mosaic. Pull out sick plants early.
When the seed is ready
Harvest when about 80% of the pods are mature, or when the leaves drop and most pods turn greyish black.
Cleaning the seed
Cut the plants with a sickle rather than uprooting them, dry them and thresh.
Dry the grain well and store it in clean, closed bins. Watch for pulse beetle (dhora).
After the last pickingNo published guide covers this for the East coast, so this is an AI suggestion. Check it with local advice before you rely on it.
After harvest, dig the plants into the soil or compost them; they leave nitrogen for the next crop.
After picking the pods of a summer crop, dig the plants into the soil before the next crop. PAU says burying the stover before rice cuts the nitrogen the rice needs by about a third.
Rotation
Fits after wheat or potato as a summer crop, and before wheat or raya as a kharif crop. PAU rotations include moong-wheat, summer moong-rice-potato and summer moong-maize-potato.
Sources
Where this comes from
Our team has checked this guide against the sources at the end of the page.Reviewed by our team on 13 November 2026.
These published guides are the sources. Where none of them covers a detail for this region, the page shows an AI suggestion and labels it.
- TNAU Agritech Portal: Crop production, Pulses, GreengramTamil Nadu Agricultural University, CoimbatoreRead the source
- TNAU Agritech Portal: Organic package of practices for green gramTamil Nadu Agricultural University, CoimbatoreRead the source
- AESA based IPM package: Black gram (urd) and green gram (moong)National Institute of Plant Health Management (NIPHM), Hyderabad, with the Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine and Storage, Government of IndiaRead the source
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