Carrot
Sow in November, harvest around February
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. Sold at 4 mandis in your district.
Only with irrigation: rain gives too little of its water to count on
- Doesn't suit: Too dry without irrigation
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 8/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Too dry to grow on rain alone. It would need irrigation.
Needs about 270 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 15–24 °C on average, and survives 3–30 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Nov 29 °C / 13 °C
- Dec 23 °C / 8 °C
- Jan 20 °C / 7 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 25 °C / 10 °C
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Carrot: 8 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: nitrogen, copper and boron.
- The pH here suits it.
- Most fields here are short of organic carbon.
Likes pH 5.8–6.8.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 86 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).
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 (February–March 2026): about ₹1,175 a quintal at mandis in your district.
- ₹1,350 2023
- ₹1,260 2024
- ₹900 2025
Prices are usually best in October.
Typical costs are about ₹62,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2024–2026), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.
How to make it work
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Short of organic carbon Your soil is likely short of organic carbon.
Add 4 tonnes of compost or farmyard manure per acre before sowing, and plough crop leftovers back in instead of burning them.
Few local farmers add it to this crop, so it's an easy place to get ahead.
What local farmers put on it (share of fields):
- Urea 100%