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. Priced from mandis across India.
₹1.0 lakh–₹1.5 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹5,000–₹56,000 an acre a season
- Needs care: Risky: 1 irrigation short
- Needs care: Warm in July
- Needs care: Soil 7/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain falls about 1 irrigation (5 cm) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.
Needs about 400 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 350 mm it can use in a normal year, and 270 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 33 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
- Aug 33 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
- Sep 33 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
- Oct 32 °C / 22 °C (outside its best range)
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Cauliflower: 7 out of 10 (okay).
- The pH here suits it.
- Many fields here are short of nitrogen, which it needs a lot.
- Many fields here are short of boron, which it needs a lot.
- Most fields here are short of zinc.
Likes pH 6.0–7.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 68 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).
On rain alone it gets about 89% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 89% of this yield.
Mandi price at this season's harvest so far (October–November 2026): about ₹2,100 a quintal across India's mandis.
This week: about ₹1,800 a quintal, the middle of 29 mandis in your state (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹13,000 a season after typical costs.
- ₹1,650 2021
- ₹1,930 2022
- ₹1,510 2023
- ₹2,180 2024
- ₹2,030 2025
Prices are usually best in July.
Typical costs are about ₹97,000 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.
About 100% of local fields of this crop get it.
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Short of zinc Your soil is likely short of zinc.
Mix 10 kg of zinc sulphate per acre into the soil before sowing. One dose lasts two or three seasons.
Few local farmers add it to this crop, so it's an easy place to get ahead.
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Short of boron Your soil is likely short of boron.
Mix 4 kg of borax per acre into the soil before sowing.
Few local farmers add it to this crop, so it's an easy place to get ahead.
What local farmers put on it (share of fields):
- Urea 100%