Beetroot

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

Check it on your land
Season
Rabi
JJASONDJFMAM

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?

Bandipora Jammu And Kashmir
Water
Season

Won't work: too cold in January

Beetroot

JJASONDJFMAM

Sow in October, 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 your state.

No yield figures yet to estimate income

  • Suits: Rain is enough
  • Doesn't suit: Too cold in january
  • Suits: Soil 8/10
Why, and how to make it work

Water

Rain is enough in a normal year. Keep one irrigation ready for a dry year.

Needs about 280 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 260 mm it can use in a normal year, and 160 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

Grows best at 15–25 °C on average, and survives 4–35 °C.

Here, in its growing months (day / night):

  • Oct 23 °C / 8 °C
  • Nov 16 °C / 3 °C (outside its best range)
  • Dec 10 °C / -1 °C (outside its best range)
  • Jan 7 °C / -3 °C (outside its best range)
  • Feb 9 °C / -1 °C (outside its best range)
  • Mar 15 °C / 3 °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.
  • Many fields here are short of boron, which it needs a lot.
  • Most fields here are short of zinc.

Likes pH 6.0–7.0.

How the soil score works

Money

No yield records for this crop yet.

Mandi price at last season's harvest (April–May 2026): about ₹2,100 a quintal across mandis in your state.

Average mandi price each year (₹ a quintal):
  1. ₹2,000 2023
  2. ₹2,250 2024
  3. ₹2,380 2025

Prices are usually best in December.

How to make it work

  • 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.

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

    Mix 10 kg of zinc sulphate per acre into the soil before sowing. One dose lasts two or three seasons.

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

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

    Spray ferrous sulphate, 5 g per litre of water, when young leaves turn yellow.

    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 Bandipora 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.