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.
₹2.4 lakh–₹3.6 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹90,000–₹2.1 lakh an acre a season
- Needs care: Risky: 3 irrigations short
- Needs care: Warm in June
- Needs care: Soil 7/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain falls about 3 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.
Needs about 560 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 420 mm it can use in a normal year, and 300 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 36 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
- Jul 32 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
- Aug 31 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
- Sep 32 °C / 24 °C (outside its best range)
- Oct 34 °C / 22 °C (outside its best range)
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Tomato: 7 out of 10 (okay).
- The pH here suits it.
- Many fields here are short of nitrogen, which it needs a lot.
- Most fields here are short of sulphur.
- Most fields here are short of zinc.
Likes pH 5.5–6.8.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 113 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).
On rain alone it gets about 75% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 75% of this yield.
Mandi price at this season's harvest so far (October–November 2026): about ₹3,500 a quintal at mandis in your district.
This week: about ₹1,500 a quintal, the middle of 24 mandis in your state (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would lose about ₹21,000 a season at typical costs.
- ₹1,600 2021
- ₹2,550 2022
- ₹1,350 2023
- ₹2,900 2024
- ₹2,350 2025
Prices swing a lot from year to year, so income can be well above or below this range.
Prices are usually best in June.
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.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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Short of sulphur Your soil is likely short of sulphur.
Use single super phosphate instead of DAP, or add about 100 kg of gypsum per acre before sowing.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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Short of zinc Your soil is likely short of zinc.
Mix 10 kg of zinc sulphate per acre into the soil before sowing. One dose lasts two or three seasons.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.