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.
₹1.4 lakh–₹2.1 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹22,000–₹92,000 an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Not known: No soil score
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough, even in a dry year.
Needs about 370 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 880 mm it can use in a normal year, and 630 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):
- Jul 29 °C / 22 °C (outside its best range)
- Aug 29 °C / 22 °C (outside its best range)
- Sep 29 °C / 21 °C
- Oct 27 °C / 18 °C
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
No soil score here: the soil tests don't say enough about nitrogen, phosphorus or potassium.
Likes pH 6.0–7.0.
Money
Yield: about 84 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).
Mandi price at this season's harvest so far (October–November 2026): about ₹2,100 a quintal across India's mandis.
This week: about ₹1,700 a quintal, the middle of 494 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹24,000 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 ₹1.2 lakh an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.