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. Priced from mandis across your state.
₹3.3 lakh–₹5.0 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹2.1 lakh–₹3.8 lakh an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Needs care: Warm in June
- Suits: Soil 9/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough, even in a dry year.
Needs about 430 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 640 mm it can use in a normal year, and 570 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 32 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
- Jul 33 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
- Aug 33 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
- Sep 33 °C / 25 °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: boron.
- Soil here is often more acidic than it likes.
Likes pH 6.0–7.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 76 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 ₹5,500 a quintal across mandis in your state.
Prices are usually best in September.
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.