Beetroot

A winter crop. Sow in Oct–Nov, harvest in Dec–Jan.

Check it on your land
Season
Rabi
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Sowing Growing Harvest

Ready in
70 days
about 2½ months
Grows best at
15–25 °C
0 °C survives 4–35 °C 40 °C

When to sow and harvest

Rabi
Today: rabi sowing time
J J A S O N D J F M A M
Sow Growing Harvest
The year starts in June, with the monsoon. Your district can shift a few weeks.

Sowing Growing Harvest

Will it grow on your land?

Amritsar Punjab
Water
Season

Won't work: too dry without irrigation

Beetroot

JJASONDJFMAM

Sow in November, harvest around February

Still sowing time: sow by the end of November.

No figures for your district: its government crop records list no area or yield for this crop. Priced from mandis across your state.

Only with irrigation: rain gives too little of its water to count on

  • Doesn't suit: Too dry without irrigation
  • Needs care: Cool in December
  • Suits: Soil 8/10
Why, and how to make it work

Water

Too dry to grow on rain alone. It would need irrigation.

Needs about 170 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 10 mm it can use in a normal year (0 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 30 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):

  • Nov 27 °C / 10 °C
  • Dec 21 °C / 6 °C (outside its best range)
  • Jan 18 °C / 5 °C (outside its best range)

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

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

Not in the score: nitrogen and boron.

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

Likes pH 6.0–7.0.

How the soil score works

Money

No yield records for this crop yet.

Rain gives it too little of the water it needs, so there's no income figure on rain alone: grow it only with irrigation.

Mandi price at last season's harvest (February–March 2026): about ₹1,625 a quintal across mandis in your state.

Average mandi price each year (₹ a quintal):
  1. ₹1,900 2022
  2. ₹1,730 2023
  3. ₹1,900 2024
  4. ₹2,000 2025

Prices are usually best in December.

How to make it work

  • Short of phosphorus Your soil is likely short of phosphorus.

    Add about a quarter more DAP or single super phosphate than the usual dose, at sowing.

    Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.

  • Short of potassium Your soil is likely short of potassium.

    Add about a quarter more potash (MOP) than the usual dose.

    Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.

  • Short of manganese Your soil is likely short of manganese.

    Spray manganese sulphate, 5 g per litre of water, on the young crop.

    Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.

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What it needs

Temperature

15–25 °C
0 °C40 °C

Survives 4–35 °C.

Water

The check above works out its water need on your land.

Soil pH

4 acidic7 neutral9 alkaline

Likes neutral soil. Grows from pH 5.5 to 7.5.

Soil

  • Takes a little salt
  • Needs rich soil
  • N Needs plenty of nitrogen, potassium and boron
How the soil score works

Source: FAO ECOCROP crop requirements (via OpenCLIM/ecocrop); FAO-56 crop coefficients (Allen et al. 1998); IMD gridded daily rainfall (0.25°); IMD gridded daily max/min temperature (1°); TerraClimate 1991–2020 temperature normals (about 4 km), where each district's villages are.

Fertiliser for one acre

Not covered yet. Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra for the dose.

Watch out for

Not covered yet. Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to watch for.

Mandi price, month by month

Best month
September, ₹3,700 a quintal
Lowest
February, ₹1,800 a quintal
₹1,800
₹3,700
J F M A M J J A S O N D

Rupees a quintal, typical across India's mandis: each month's latest price (Dec 2025–Nov 2026).

Latest prices near Amritsar Today's price across India

Source: Agmarknet daily prices and arrivals (India Data Portal).

Where it grows in India

Where it grows most

The districts with the most area in recent years. The map colours every district growing it on at least 100 ha by yield; the numbers mark these districts.

No recent district figures for this crop.