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 India.
₹1.1 lakh–₹1.7 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹40,000–₹97,000 an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Needs care: Warm in September
- 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 370 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 340 mm it can use in a normal year, and 240 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 30 °C / 24 °C (outside its best range)
- Oct 31 °C / 24 °C (outside its best range)
- Nov 32 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)
- Dec 32 °C / 22 °C (outside its best range)
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Cauliflower: 8 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: nitrogen.
- Soil here is often more acidic than it likes.
- Many fields here are short of potassium, which it needs a lot.
- Many fields here are short of boron, which it needs a lot.
- Most fields here are short of sulphur.
Likes pH 6.0–7.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 84 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).
Mandi price at last season's harvest (December 2025–January 2026): about ₹1,700 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 ₹74,000 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 sulphur Your soil is likely short of sulphur.
Use single super phosphate instead of DAP, or add about 100 kg of gypsum per acre before sowing.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.