Cauliflower
Sow in November, harvest around February
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 4 mandis in your district.
₹59,000–₹89,000
per acre a season, before costs
At typical costs, from a loss of ₹4,000 to a profit of ₹26,000 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 210 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 30 mm it can use in a normal year (10 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 190 mm from the monsoon at sowing.
Temperature
Grows best at 10–25 °C on average, and survives 5–30 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Nov 25 °C / 11 °C
- Dec 21 °C / 8 °C
- Jan 18 °C / 6 °C
- Feb 22 °C / 10 °C
Soil
Soil for Cauliflower: 8 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: nitrogen.
- The pH here suits it.
- Many fields here are short of potassium, which it needs a lot.
- Most fields here are short of organic carbon.
Likes pH 6.0–7.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 79 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 (February–March 2026): about ₹938 a quintal at mandis in your district.
- ₹1,250 2023
- ₹1,750 2024
- ₹2,030 2025
Prices are usually best in September.
Typical costs are about ₹63,000 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 organic carbon Your soil is likely short of organic carbon.
Add 4 tonnes of compost or farmyard manure per acre before sowing, and plough crop leftovers back in instead of burning them.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.