Beetroot
Sow in October, harvest around December
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.
No yield figures yet to estimate income
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 9/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough in a normal year. Keep one irrigation ready for a dry year.
Needs about 200 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 100 mm it can use in a normal year (30 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 30 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)
- Nov 28 °C / 18 °C
- Dec 26 °C / 15 °C
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Beetroot: 9 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
- Many fields here are short of nitrogen, which it needs a lot.
Likes pH 6.0–7.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
No yield records for this crop yet.
Mandi price at last season's harvest (December 2025–January 2026): about ₹5,100 a quintal across mandis in your state.
- ₹3,650 2024
- ₹4,200 2025
Prices are usually best in September.
How to make it work
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Short of nitrogen Your soil is likely short of nitrogen.
Add about a quarter more urea than the usual dose, in two or three splits. A pulse crop in rotation also adds nitrogen.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.