Beetroot

Water

Rain is enough in a normal year. Keep one irrigation ready for a dry year.

Needs about 190 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 110 mm it can use in a normal year (60 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 170 mm from the monsoon at sowing.

Temperature

Grows best at 15–25 °C on average, and survives 4–35 °C.

Here, in its growing months (day / night):

• Oct 23 °C / 12 °C
• Nov 19 °C / 7 °C (outside its best range)
• Dec 15 °C / 4 °C (outside its best range)
• Jan 11 °C / 2 °C (outside its best range)
• Feb 14 °C / 5 °C (outside its best range)

Soil

Soil for Beetroot: 9 out of 10 (good).

Not in the score: sulphur, zinc, iron and 3 more.

• The pH here suits it.
• Many fields here are short of potassium, which it needs a lot.

Likes pH 6.0–7.0.

Money

No yield records for this crop yet.

Mandi price at last season's harvest (February–March 2026): about ₹2,650 a quintal across mandis in your state.

Prices are usually best in September.