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 India.
No yield figures yet to estimate income
- Needs care: Risky: 2 irrigations short
- Needs care: Warm in October
- Not known: No soil data
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain falls about 2 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.
Needs about 260 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 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 34 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)
- Nov 34 °C / 19 °C (outside its best range)
- Dec 32 °C / 16 °C
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Likes pH 6.0–7.0. We have no pH figures for this place.
Money
No yield records for this crop yet.
On rain alone it gets about 80% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 80% of this yield.
Mandi price at last season's harvest (December 2025–January 2026): about ₹2,288 a quintal across India's mandis.
- ₹1,680 2021
- ₹2,310 2022
- ₹2,000 2023
- ₹2,190 2024
- ₹2,450 2025
Prices are usually best in September.