Beetroot

Water

Rain falls about 2 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

Needs about 180 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 0 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 29 °C / 12 °C
• Dec 24 °C / 8 °C
• Jan 21 °C / 7 °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 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 organic carbon.
• Most fields here are short of zinc.

Likes pH 6.0–7.0.

Money

No yield records for this crop yet.

Rain gives it too little of the water it needs, so there's no income figure on rain alone: grow it only with irrigation.

Mandi price at last season's harvest (January–February 2026): about ₹1,475 a quintal across mandis in your state.

Prices are usually best in September.