Turnip
Sow in October, harvest around December
Still sowing time: sow by the end of November.
No figures for your district: its government crop records list no area or yield for this crop. Priced from mandis across India.
Only with irrigation: rain gives too little of its water to count on
- Doesn't suit: Too dry without irrigation
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 9/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Too dry to grow on rain alone. It would need irrigation.
Needs about 230 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 40 mm it can use in a normal year (20 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 10 mm from the monsoon at sowing.
Temperature
Grows best at 17–30 °C on average, and survives 5–41 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Oct 30 °C / 20 °C
- Nov 30 °C / 18 °C
- Dec 30 °C / 16 °C
Soil
Soil for Turnip: 9 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: salt.
- The pH here suits it.
Likes pH 6.0–7.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
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 ₹1,088 a quintal across India's mandis.
- ₹1,150 2021
- ₹1,270 2022
- ₹1,300 2023
- ₹1,630 2024
- ₹1,880 2025
Prices are usually best in September.