Potato
Sow in October, harvest around January
Still sowing time: sow by the end of November.
Grown on 18,690 acres here. Priced from mandis across your state.
₹42,000–₹63,000
per acre a season, before costs
At typical costs, from a loss of ₹13,000 to a profit of ₹8,000 an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 8/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough in a normal year. Keep one irrigation ready for a dry year.
Needs about 290 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 60 mm it can use in a normal year (20 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 200 mm from the monsoon at sowing.
Temperature
Grows best at 15–25 °C on average, and survives 7–30 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Oct 32 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)
- Nov 29 °C / 18 °C
- Dec 26 °C / 14 °C
- Jan 24 °C / 12 °C
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Potato: 8 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
- Many fields here are short of potassium, which it needs a lot.
- Most fields here are short of manganese.
- Most fields here are short of boron.
Likes pH 5.0–6.2.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 42 quintals an acre here (district figures).
Mandi price at last season's harvest (January–February 2026): about ₹1,250 a quintal across mandis in your state.
This week: about ₹1,850 a quintal, the middle of 9 mandis in your state (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹23,000 a season after typical costs.
Prices are usually best in December.
Typical costs are about ₹56,000 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
The better districts with similar soil, rain and warmth get 39 quintals an acre. That's a realistic target.
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Short of potassium Your soil is likely short of potassium.
Add about a quarter more potash (MOP) than the usual dose.
About 16% of local fields of this crop get it.
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Short of manganese Your soil is likely short of manganese.
Spray manganese sulphate, 5 g per litre of water, on the young crop.
Few local farmers add it to this crop, so it's an easy place to get ahead.
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Short of boron Your soil is likely short of boron.
Mix 4 kg of borax per acre into the soil before sowing.
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 38%
- Single Super Phosphate (SSP) 26%
- Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) 22%
- Muriate of Potash (MOP) 16%