Potato
Sow in October, harvest around January
Still sowing time: sow by the end of November.
Grown on 439 acres here. Priced from mandis across your state.
₹64,000–₹96,000
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹8,000–₹40,000 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 280 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 90 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 31 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)
- Nov 28 °C / 18 °C
- Dec 25 °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).
Not in the score: sulphur.
- The pH here suits it, though not most crops.
- 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 phosphorus.
Likes pH 5.0–6.2.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 37 quintals an acre here in this season (district figures).
Mandi price at last season's harvest (January 2026): about ₹2,125 a quintal across mandis in your state.
This week: about ₹1,900 a quintal, the middle of 3 mandis in your state (latest 11 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹16,000 a season after typical costs.
- ₹1,580 2021
- ₹1,950 2022
- ₹2,150 2023
- ₹3,150 2024
- ₹2,500 2025
Prices swing a lot from year to year, so income can be well above or below this range.
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 31 quintals an acre. That's a realistic target.
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Short of phosphorus Your soil is likely short of phosphorus.
Add about a quarter more DAP or single super phosphate than the usual dose, at sowing.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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Short of zinc Your soil is likely short of zinc.
Mix 10 kg of zinc sulphate per acre into the soil before sowing. One dose lasts two or three seasons.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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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.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.