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 2 mandis in your district.
₹1.2 lakh–₹1.8 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
At typical costs, from a loss of ₹32,000 to a profit of ₹27,000 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 580 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 630 mm it can use in a normal year, and 420 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 38 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
- Jul 31 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)
- Aug 29 °C / 23 °C
- Sep 31 °C / 22 °C
- Oct 34 °C / 19 °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 iron.
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 ₹1,290 a quintal at mandis in your district.
This week: about ₹1,200 a quintal, the middle of 54 mandis in your state (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would lose about ₹13,000 a season at typical costs.
- ₹1,700 2022
- ₹960 2023
Prices are usually best in September.
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 61% of local fields of this crop get it.
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Short of iron Your soil is likely short of iron.
Spray ferrous sulphate, 5 g per litre of water, when young leaves turn yellow.
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):
- Single Super Phosphate (SSP) 61%
- Urea 61%
- Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) 20%