Turnip
Sow in November, harvest around January
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
- Needs care: Risky: 2 irrigations short
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 8/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain falls about 2 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.
Needs about 170 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 0 mm it can use in a normal year (0 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 100 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):
- Nov 31 °C / 14 °C
- Dec 26 °C / 10 °C
- Jan 24 °C / 9 °C (outside its best range)
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Turnip: 8 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: nitrogen and boron.
- Soil here is often more alkaline than it likes.
- Most fields here are short of organic carbon.
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 (January–February 2026): about ₹950 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.
How to make it work
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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.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.