Tomato
Sow in October, harvest around May
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 7 mandis in your district.
Only with irrigation: rain gives too little of its water to count on
- Needs care: Risky: 6 irrigations short
- Doesn't suit: Too cold here in this season
- Suits: Soil 8/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain falls about 6 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.
Needs about 620 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 180 mm it can use in a normal year (110 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 150 mm from the monsoon at sowing.
Temperature
Grows best at 20–27 °C on average, and survives 7–35 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Oct 24 °C / 14 °C (outside its best range)
- Nov 20 °C / 9 °C (outside its best range)
- Dec 16 °C / 6 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 13 °C / 4 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 16 °C / 7 °C (outside its best range)
- Mar 21 °C / 10 °C (outside its best range)
- Apr 26 °C / 15 °C
- May 30 °C / 18 °C
Nights in December can bring frost. When frost is forecast, water the field lightly in the evening.
Soil
Soil for Tomato: 8 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: sulphur and boron.
- The pH here suits it.
- Many fields here are short of nitrogen, which it needs a lot.
Likes pH 5.5–6.8.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 127 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 (May–June 2026): about ₹1,900 a quintal at mandis in your district.
- ₹1,700 2021
- ₹2,400 2022
- ₹1,850 2023
- ₹2,900 2024
- ₹2,090 2025
Prices are usually best in December.
Typical costs are about ₹1.1 lakh 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 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.
About 76% of local fields of this crop get it.
What local farmers put on it (share of fields):
- Urea 76%
- NPK Mixture 0%