Cauliflower
Will it grow on your land?
Pick your place and water to see:
- Whether Cauliflower suits your land Good fit, possible or won't work, with the reasons.
- What it could earn an acre From yields near you and mandi prices.
- Water and fertiliser it needs Irrigations for your water, and bags for one acre.
What it needs
Temperature
Survives 5–30 °C.
Water
The check above works out its water need on your land.
Soil pH
Likes neutral soil. Grows from pH 5.5 to 8.5.
Soil
- No salty soil
- Needs rich soil
- N Needs plenty of nitrogen, potassium and boron
Source: FAO ECOCROP crop requirements (via OpenCLIM/ecocrop); FAO-56 crop coefficients (Allen et al. 1998); IMD gridded daily rainfall (0.25°); IMD gridded daily max/min temperature (1°).
Fertiliser for one acre
Draft: check with your KVKBorax 10 kg/ha
Give the DAP and MOP at sowing, and the urea in two or three doses. If your soil card says a nutrient is low, add about a quarter more of it.
Watch out for
Draft: check with your KVK-
Diamondback mothPest
Look for
Small holes in the leaves; tiny green caterpillars wriggle when touched.
What to do first
Grow mustard rows as a trap crop and use pheromone traps; spray Bt. Follow the label or your KVK for the dose.
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Black rotDisease
Look for
V-shaped yellow patches from the leaf edges with black veins.
What to do first
Treat seed in hot water and rotate crops.
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AphidsPest
Look for
Clusters of small grey insects on the leaves and curds.
What to do first
Spray only if clusters are thick; ask your KVK.
Mandi price, month by month
Rupees a quintal, typical across India's mandis.
Source: Agmarknet daily prices and arrivals (India Data Portal).
Where it grows in India
- Area grown in India
- 8,881 ha
- 2003-04
- Average yield
- 1.1 t/ha
- 2003-04
States that grow it
Each state's share of India's production, in its latest year with figures (2025-26). Tap a state to open it.
Source: Horticulture area & production statistics (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare).
Where it grows most
The districts with the most area in recent years. The map colours every district growing it on at least 100 ha by yield; the numbers mark these districts.
No recent district figures for this crop.
Across India over the years
Yield (t/ha)
Area (ha)
Only years in which most of the usual districts reported are shown.
Source: Crop area, production & yield – district-wise (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare); Crop area, production & yield – UPAG (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare). 2002-03 & 2003-04.