Grow for profit

Find a sowing month whose calculated harvest sits inside a stored high-price window, then see whether that month is also inside the zone planting window.

Wholesale and retail vegetable prices fluctuate with weather and supply. This tool times a harvest against stored high-price months. It is not financial advice and it does not quote a price.

Beetroot

Roots and tubers

Stored day count used for this timing: 75–90 days.

Official source

Unverified — based on HORDI Crop - Beet, Department of Agriculture Sri Lanka, accessed 2026-10-20: https://doa.gov.lk/hordi-crop-beet-root/; confirm for your microclimate.

Recommended sow months: August, September. Growing period: 75–90 days. Target high-price months: October, November, December. Calculated harvest months: October, November, December. Harvest months are calculated from the 15th of the sowing month plus the stored day count. They are not a separate sourced harvest calendar.
1. Jan
2. Feb
3. Mar
4. Apr
5. May
6. Jun
7. Jul
8. Aug
9. Sep
10. Oct
11. Nov
12. Dec
- Low Country Wet Zone: Off-season care or rain shelter in August, September.
- Low Country Dry Zone: Off-season care or rain shelter in August, September.
- Mid Country: Ideal climate and market match in August, September.
- Up Country Wet Zone: Ideal climate and market match in August, September.
Monsoon rain in Nuwara Eliya and Badulla destroys beds.
Farmer field notenoted Oct 2026
Unverified — based on Farmer field experience, noted 2026-10-23; confirm for your microclimate.
Recommended sow months: February, March. Growing period: 75–90 days. Target high-price months: May, June. Calculated harvest months: May, June. Harvest months are calculated from the 15th of the sowing month plus the stored day count. They are not a separate sourced harvest calendar.
1. Jan
2. Feb
3. Mar
4. Apr
5. May
6. Jun
7. Jul
8. Aug
9. Sep
10. Oct
11. Nov
12. Dec
- Low Country Wet Zone: Off-season care or rain shelter in February, March.
- Low Country Dry Zone: Off-season care or rain shelter in February, March.
- Mid Country: Ideal climate and market match in February, March.
- Up Country Wet Zone: Ideal climate and market match in February, March.
Monsoon rain in Nuwara Eliya and Badulla destroys beds.
Farmer field notenoted Oct 2026
Unverified — based on Farmer field experience, noted 2026-10-23; confirm for your microclimate.

Beetroot crop page

Methodology

How is the sowing month chosen?

The calculator adds the stored minimum and maximum days to the 15th of each sowing month. A sowing month is kept only when every month in that calculated harvest span sits inside one stored high-price window. Low-price months are not used. A span longer than the high-price window is left off.

What does the zone badge mean?

Ideal climate and market match means that sowing month is also inside a stored planting window for the zone. Off-season care or rain shelter means a planting window is stored and this sowing month is outside it. Planting window not stored means this crop has no placed month window for that zone.

Is this a price forecast?

No. Wholesale and retail vegetable prices fluctuate with weather and supply. The page times a harvest against stored high-price months. It is not financial advice and it does not quote a price.