Cauliflower
Sow in October, harvest around January
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. Priced from mandis across India.
₹39,000–₹58,000
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹14,000–₹34,000 an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 8/10
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 270 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 60 mm it can use in a normal year (30 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 200 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 29 °C / 21 °C
- Nov 26 °C / 16 °C
- Dec 24 °C / 13 °C
- Jan 23 °C / 11 °C
Soil
Soil for Cauliflower: 8 out of 10 (good).
- Soil here is often more acidic than it likes.
- Many fields here are short of nitrogen, which it needs a lot.
Likes pH 6.0–7.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 34 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 (January–February 2026): about ₹1,450 a quintal across India's mandis.
- ₹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 ₹24,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2024–2026), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.