Beetroot

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 180 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 60 mm it can use in a normal year (40 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 200 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 29 °C / 21 °C
• Nov 27 °C / 17 °C
• Dec 24 °C / 13 °C

Soil

Soil for Beetroot: 8 out of 10 (good).

Not in the score: salt, sulphur, zinc and 4 more.

• The pH here suits it.
• Many fields here are short of nitrogen, 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 (December 2025–January 2026): about ₹2,288 a quintal across India's mandis.

Prices are usually best in September.