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. Priced from mandis across your state.
Only with irrigation: rain gives too little of its water to count on
- Doesn't suit: Too dry without irrigation
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 9/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Too dry to grow on rain alone. It would need irrigation.
Needs about 390 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 110 mm it can use in a normal year, and 60 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 29 °C / 21 °C (outside its best range)
- Oct 30 °C / 20 °C (outside its best range)
- Nov 30 °C / 18 °C
- Dec 30 °C / 16 °C
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Cauliflower: 9 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: salt.
- The pH here suits it.
Likes pH 6.0–7.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 74 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).
Rain gives it too little of the water it needs, so there's no income figure on rain alone: grow it only with irrigation.
Mandi price at last season's harvest (December 2025–January 2026): about ₹1,925 a quintal across mandis in your state.
- ₹1,430 2021
- ₹1,800 2022
- ₹1,600 2023
- ₹2,080 2024
- ₹1,850 2025
Prices are usually best in December.
Typical costs are about ₹65,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2024–2026), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.