Potato
Sow in July, harvest around October
This season's sowing time (June–July) is over.
Grown on 1,401 acres here. Sold at 9 mandis in your district.
Only with irrigation: rain gives too little of its water to count on
- Needs care: Risky: 4 irrigations short
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 8/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain falls about 4 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.
Needs about 420 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 250 mm it can use in a normal year, and 180 mm in a dry year.
Temperature
Grows best at 15–25 °C on average, and survives 7–30 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jul 30 °C / 21 °C (outside its best range)
- Aug 30 °C / 21 °C (outside its best range)
- Sep 30 °C / 21 °C (outside its best range)
- Oct 29 °C / 20 °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 nitrogen, which it needs a lot.
- Many fields here are short of potassium, which it needs a lot.
- Most fields here are short of organic carbon.
Likes pH 5.0–6.2.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 26 quintals an acre here in this season (district figures).
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 this season's harvest so far (October–November 2026): about ₹1,900 a quintal at mandis in your district.
This week: about ₹1,800 a quintal, the middle of 2 mandis in your district (latest 13 Nov).
- ₹1,500 2021
- ₹1,800 2022
- ₹1,900 2023
- ₹2,290 2024
- ₹1,800 2025
Prices are usually best in December.
Typical costs are about ₹78,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), 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 110 quintals an acre. That's a realistic target.
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Short of nitrogen Your soil is likely short of nitrogen.
Add about a quarter more urea than the usual dose, in two or three splits. A pulse crop in rotation also adds nitrogen.
About 74% of local fields of this crop get it.
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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):
- Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) 74%
- Urea 60%
- Zinc Sulphate Heptahydrate / Monohydrate 41%
- Single Super Phosphate (SSP) 18%