Tomato
Sow in October, harvest around July
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.
Only with irrigation: rain gives too little of its water to count on
- Needs care: Risky: 9 irrigations short
- Doesn't suit: Too cold in december
- Suits: Soil 9/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain falls about 9 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.
Needs about 890 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 490 mm it can use in a normal year, and 380 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):
- Oct 23 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)
- Nov 17 °C / 3 °C (outside its best range)
- Dec 11 °C / -1 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 8 °C / -2 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 11 °C / 1 °C (outside its best range)
- Mar 16 °C / 4 °C (outside its best range)
- Apr 21 °C / 9 °C (outside its best range)
- May 25 °C / 13 °C (outside its best range)
- Jun 29 °C / 17 °C
- Jul 29 °C / 18 °C
Nights in November can bring frost while the plants are young. Sow a little later, or cover the seedlings on cold nights.
Soil
Soil for Tomato: 9 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 boron.
Likes pH 5.5–6.8.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 98 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 (July–August 2026): about ₹2,825 a quintal across mandis in your state.
- ₹2,050 2021
- ₹2,630 2022
- ₹2,000 2023
- ₹3,160 2024
- ₹2,500 2025
Prices are usually best in December.
Typical costs are about ₹1.6 lakh an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2022–2025), 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.
Few local farmers add it to this crop, so it's an easy place to get ahead.
What local farmers put on it (share of fields):
- Muriate of Potash (MOP) 100%
- Urea 100%
- Calcium Ammonium Nitrate 50%