Cauliflower
Sow in September, harvest around December
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. Sold at 9 mandis in your district.
₹1.8 lakh–₹2.7 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹89,000–₹1.8 lakh 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 300 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 320 mm it can use in a normal year, and 200 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):
- Sep 32 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
- Oct 32 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)
- Nov 29 °C / 18 °C
- Dec 26 °C / 15 °C
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Cauliflower: 8 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: sulphur.
- Soil here is often more acidic than it likes.
- Most fields here are short of phosphorus.
Likes pH 6.0–7.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 102 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 (December 2025–January 2026): about ₹2,200 a quintal at mandis in your district.
Prices are usually best in September.
Typical costs are about ₹89,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2024–2026), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.
How to make it work
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Short of phosphorus Your soil is likely short of phosphorus.
Add about a quarter more DAP or single super phosphate than the usual dose, at sowing.
About 65% of local fields of this crop get it.
What local farmers put on it (share of fields):
- Urea 94%
- Single Super Phosphate (SSP) 65%
- Zinc Sulphate Heptahydrate / Monohydrate 23%
- Triple Super Phosphate (TSP) 11%