Colocasia (Arbi)

Water

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

Needs about 560 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 660 mm it can use in a normal year, and 430 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

Grows best at 21–28 °C on average, and survives 10–35 °C.

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

• Jun 27 °C / 20 °C
• Jul 27 °C / 21 °C
• Aug 27 °C / 20 °C
• Sep 27 °C / 20 °C
• Oct 26 °C / 18 °C
• Nov 23 °C / 13 °C (outside its best range)
• Dec 21 °C / 9 °C (outside its best range)

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Colocasia (Arbi): 6 out of 10 (okay).

Not in the score: organic carbon.

• The pH here suits it.
• Salt in the soil here can harm it.
• Many fields here are short of nitrogen, which it needs a lot.
• Many fields here are short of potassium, which it needs a lot.

Likes pH 5.5–6.5.

Money

No yield records for this crop yet.

Mandi price at last season's harvest (December 2025–January 2026): about ₹3,350 a quintal across India's mandis.

Prices swing a lot from year to year, so income can be well above or below this range.

Prices are usually best in November.