Cauliflower
Sow in July, harvest around October
This season's sowing time (June–July) is over.
No figures for your district: its government crop records list no area or yield for this crop. Sold at 6 mandis in your district.
₹1.5 lakh–₹2.2 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹5,000–₹78,000 an acre a season
- Needs care: Risky: 2 irrigations short
- Needs care: Warm in July
- 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 430 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 330 mm it can use in a normal year, and 230 mm in a dry year.
Temperature
Grows best at 10–25 °C on average, and survives 5–30 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jul 34 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
- Aug 33 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
- Sep 33 °C / 24 °C (outside its best range)
- Oct 32 °C / 19 °C (outside its best range)
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Cauliflower: 8 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
- Many fields here are short of nitrogen, which it needs a lot.
- Most fields here are short of organic carbon.
Likes pH 6.0–7.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 99 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).
On rain alone it gets about 78% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 78% of this yield.
Mandi price at this season's harvest so far (October–November 2026): about ₹2,375 a quintal at mandis in your district.
This week: about ₹1,650 a quintal, the middle of 2 mandis in your district (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would lose about ₹14,000 a season at typical costs.
- ₹900 2021
- ₹1,400 2022
- ₹990 2023
- ₹1,360 2024
- ₹1,750 2025
Prices swing a lot from year to year, so income can be well above or below this range.
Prices are usually best in July.
Typical costs are about ₹1.4 lakh an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.
How to make it work
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Short of nitrogen Your soil is likely short of nitrogen.
Add about a quarter more urea than the usual dose, in two or three splits. A pulse crop in rotation also adds nitrogen.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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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.