Tomato
Sow in July, harvest around November
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 4 mandis in your district.
₹2.7 lakh–₹4.1 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹1.4 lakh–₹2.7 lakh 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 490 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 570 mm it can use in a normal year, and 480 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):
- Jul 32 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
- Aug 31 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
- Sep 31 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
- Oct 31 °C / 22 °C
- Nov 29 °C / 16 °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 manganese.
- Most fields here are short of boron.
Likes pH 5.5–6.8.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 85 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 (December 2025): about ₹4,000 a quintal at mandis in your district.
This week: about ₹2,900 a quintal, the middle of 2 mandis in your district (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹1.1 lakh a season after typical costs.
- ₹2,180 2021
- ₹2,250 2022
- ₹2,200 2023
- ₹2,900 2024
- ₹2,350 2025
Prices are usually best in December.
Typical costs are about ₹1.3 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 manganese Your soil is likely short of manganese.
Spray manganese sulphate, 5 g per litre of water, on the young crop.
Few local farmers add it to this crop, so it's an easy place to get ahead.
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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):
- Urea 85%
- NPK Mixture 24%
- Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) 21%
- Zinc Sulphate Heptahydrate / Monohydrate 16%