Beetroot

Water

Rain falls about 1 irrigation (5 cm) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

Needs about 160 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 100 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 26 °C / 11 °C
• Dec 21 °C / 7 °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, manganese 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 zinc.
• Most fields here are short of iron.

Likes pH 6.0–7.0.

Money

No yield records for this crop yet.

On rain alone it gets about 70% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 70% of this yield.

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

Prices are usually best in December.