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. Sold at 15 mandis in your district.
₹1.3 lakh–₹2.0 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹14,000–₹80,000 an acre a season
- Needs care: Risky: 2 irrigations short
- Needs care: Warm in July
- Not known: No soil score
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain falls about 2 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.
Needs about 420 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 350 mm it can use in a normal year, and 290 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 34 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
- Aug 33 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
- Sep 33 °C / 24 °C (outside its best range)
- Oct 31 °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 83 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).
On rain alone it gets about 85% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 85% of this yield.
Mandi price at this season's harvest so far (October–November 2026): about ₹2,350 a quintal at mandis in your district.
This week: about ₹1,500 a quintal, the middle of 7 mandis in your district (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would lose about ₹12,000 a season at typical costs.
- ₹1,480 2021
- ₹2,180 2022
- ₹1,430 2023
- ₹2,830 2024
- ₹2,400 2025
Prices swing a lot from year to year, so income can be well above or below this range.
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.