Legume

Green gram

📍 Sri Lanka

Click a numbered marker on the plant to explore each life-cycle stage — or read the key dates on the right.

Sow Harvest

Sow

Nov

Harvest

Jan – Feb

Growing period

90 Days

Seeding rate

30 kg/ha

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Harvest — this part of the plant

Roots & seed establish first. Sow in at .

Leaves & stem drive the vegetative stage over .

Flowering falls mid-cycle between sowing () and harvest (). Keep stress low here.

Fruit/grain matures — harvest around .

Local note

Based on similar agro-ecological conditions in another country — confirm with local extension.

Where Green gram grows in Sri Lanka

dry arid

Dry Zone

Rainfall isohytes range within (1750) mm/year , altitude range (300) m, mean annual range of max. tempreature(38) oC,mean annual range of min. tempreature(…....) oC

other

Intermediate Zone

Rainfall isohytes range within (2500) mm/year , altitude range (1000) m, mean annual range of max. tempreature(32) oC,mean annual range of min. tempreature(…....) oC

Looking for another crop? Browse the full Sri Lanka crop calendar or the Green gram guide for other countries.