Colocasia (Arbi)

Water

Too dry to grow on rain alone. It would need irrigation.

Needs about 710 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 230 mm it can use in a normal year, and 150 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 39 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
• Jul 35 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
• Aug 34 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
• Sep 33 °C / 24 °C (outside its best range)
• Oct 32 °C / 18 °C
• Nov 28 °C / 11 °C (outside its best range)
• Dec 22 °C / 7 °C (outside its best range)

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

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

Not in the score: nitrogen.

• The pH here suits it.
• It copes with the salt here.
• Many fields here are short of potassium, which it needs a lot.
• Most fields here are short of boron.

Likes pH 5.5–6.5.

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 (December 2025–January 2026): about ₹2,250 a quintal across mandis in your state.

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

Prices are usually best in November.