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. Priced from mandis across your state.
₹1.1 lakh–₹1.6 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
At typical costs, from a loss of ₹40,000 to a profit of ₹15,000 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, even in a dry year.
Needs about 520 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 770 mm it can use in a normal year, and 630 mm in a dry year.
Heavy rain here can waterlog it. Grow it on raised beds or land that drains well.
Temperature
Grows best at 20–27 °C on average, and survives 7–35 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 35 °C / 24 °C (outside its best range)
- Jul 29 °C / 22 °C
- Aug 28 °C / 22 °C
- Sep 29 °C / 21 °C
- Oct 30 °C / 17 °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 boron.
Likes pH 5.5–6.8.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 114 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 ₹1,200 a quintal across mandis in your state.
This week: about ₹1,200 a quintal, the middle of 55 mandis in your state (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would lose about ₹13,000 a season at typical costs.
- ₹1,040 2021
- ₹1,280 2022
- ₹950 2023
- ₹1,650 2024
- ₹1,400 2025
Prices are usually best in July.
Typical costs are about ₹1.5 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.
About 63% of local fields of this crop get it.
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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 63%
- Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) 19%