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.
₹79,000–₹1.2 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
At typical costs, from a loss of ₹10,000 to a profit of ₹29,000 an acre a season
- Needs care: Risky: 1 irrigation short
- Needs care: Warm in September
- Suits: Soil 8/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain falls about 1 irrigation (5 cm) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.
Needs about 340 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 300 mm it can use in a normal year, and 170 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 / 26 °C (outside its best range)
- Oct 32 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
- Nov 30 °C / 22 °C (outside its best range)
- Dec 29 °C / 20 °C
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Cauliflower: 8 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
- Many fields here are short of nitrogen, which it needs a lot.
- Many fields here are short of boron, which it needs a lot.
Likes pH 6.0–7.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 101 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).
On rain alone it gets about 88% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 88% of this yield.
Mandi price at last season's harvest (December 2025–January 2026): about ₹1,100 a quintal across mandis in your state.
- ₹1,200 2024
- ₹1,000 2025
Prices are usually best in June.
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 boron Your soil is likely short of boron.
Mix 4 kg of borax per acre into the soil before sowing.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.