Tomato
Sow in June, 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 9 mandis in your district.
₹1.8 lakh–₹2.6 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
At typical costs, from a loss of ₹37,000 to a profit of ₹50,000 an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Needs care: Warm in June
- 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 560 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 660 mm it can use in a normal year, and 520 mm in a dry year.
Temperature
Grows best at 20–27 °C on average, and survives 7–35 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 37 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
- Jul 33 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
- Aug 33 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
- Sep 33 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
- Oct 32 °C / 21 °C
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Tomato: 8 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
- Many fields here are short of nitrogen, which it needs a lot.
- Most fields here are short of organic carbon.
Likes pH 5.5–6.8.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 163 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).
Mandi price at this season's harvest so far (October–November 2026): about ₹1,352 a quintal at mandis in your district.
This week: about ₹1,682 a quintal, the middle of 2 mandis in your district (latest 7 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹60,000 a season after typical costs.
- ₹1,470 2021
- ₹1,870 2022
- ₹1,150 2023
- ₹2,320 2024
- ₹1,950 2025
Prices swing a lot from year to year, so income can be well above or below this range.
Prices are usually best in January.
Typical costs are about ₹2.1 lakh an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.
How to make it work
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Short of nitrogen Your soil is likely short of nitrogen.
Add about a quarter more urea than the usual dose, in two or three splits. A pulse crop in rotation also adds nitrogen.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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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.