Cauliflower
Sow in June, harvest around September
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 4 mandis in your district.
₹4.1 lakh–₹6.2 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹2.6 lakh–₹4.7 lakh an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Needs care: Very hot in June
- Suits: Soil 10/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough, even in a dry year.
Needs about 440 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 650 mm it can use in a normal year, and 600 mm in a dry year.
Heavy rain here can waterlog it. Grow it on raised beds or land that drains well.
Temperature
Grows best at 10–25 °C on average, and survives 5–30 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 37 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
- Jul 32 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
- Aug 31 °C / 24 °C (outside its best range)
- Sep 31 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Days in June get hotter than it likes. Time sowing so it flowers before then.
Soil
Soil for Cauliflower: 10 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: nitrogen and boron.
- The pH here suits it.
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 (September–October 2026): about ₹5,625 a quintal at mandis in your district.
- ₹2,760 2021
- ₹4,060 2022
- ₹2,560 2023
- ₹4,650 2024
- ₹2,880 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 ₹1.5 lakh an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.