Beetroot
Sow in November, harvest around April
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
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Doesn't suit: Too cold here in this season
- Suits: Soil 8/10
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 250 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 100 mm it can use in a normal year (40 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):
- Nov 17 °C / 7 °C (outside its best range)
- Dec 14 °C / 3 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 11 °C / 2 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 14 °C / 4 °C (outside its best range)
- Mar 18 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)
Soil
Soil for Beetroot: 8 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
- Many fields here are short of nitrogen, which it needs a lot.
- Most fields here are short of sulphur.
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 (April–May 2026): about ₹2,113 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.
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.
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Short of sulphur Your soil is likely short of sulphur.
Use single super phosphate instead of DAP, or add about 100 kg of gypsum per acre before sowing.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.