Colocasia (Arbi)

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 610 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 920 mm it can use in a normal year, and 720 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 34 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
• Jul 32 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
• Aug 32 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
• Sep 32 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
• Oct 32 °C / 24 °C
• Nov 30 °C / 19 °C
• Dec 26 °C / 15 °C (outside its best range)

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Colocasia (Arbi): 8 out of 10 (good).

• The pH here suits it.
• It copes with the salt here.
• Many fields here are short of nitrogen, 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.