Cauliflower
Sow in October, harvest around February
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. Sold at 2 mandis in your district.
₹1.5 lakh–₹2.3 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹79,000–₹1.5 lakh an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 9/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough in a normal year. Keep one irrigation ready for a dry year.
Needs about 220 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 130 mm it can use in a normal year (70 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 150 mm from the monsoon at sowing.
Temperature
Grows best at 10–25 °C on average, and survives 5–30 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Oct 23 °C / 12 °C
- Nov 19 °C / 7 °C
- Dec 15 °C / 4 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 11 °C / 2 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 14 °C / 5 °C (outside its best range)
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Cauliflower: 9 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: sulphur, zinc, iron and 3 more.
- The pH here suits it.
- Many fields here are short of potassium, which it needs a lot.
Likes pH 6.0–7.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 91 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).
Mandi price at last season's harvest (February–March 2026): about ₹2,075 a quintal at mandis in your district.
- ₹2,150 2021
- ₹3,000 2022
- ₹1,900 2023
- ₹3,840 2024
- ₹2,930 2025
Prices swing a lot from year to year, so income can be well above or below this range.
Prices are usually best in September.
Typical costs are about ₹73,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2024–2026), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.