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 1 mandi in your district.
₹1.1 lakh–₹1.7 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
At typical costs, from a loss of ₹23,000 to a profit of ₹34,000 an acre a season
- Needs care: Risky: 3 irrigations short
- Needs care: Warm in June
- Not known: No soil data
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 590 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 470 mm it can use in a normal year, and 410 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 39 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
- Jul 34 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
- Aug 33 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
- Sep 33 °C / 24 °C (outside its best range)
- Oct 32 °C / 18 °C
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Likes pH 5.5–6.8. We have no pH figures for this place.
Money
Yield: about 104 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).
On rain alone it gets about 80% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 80% of this yield.
Mandi price at this season's harvest so far (October–November 2026): about ₹1,720 a quintal at mandis in your district.
This week: about ₹2,200 a quintal, the middle of 666 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹46,000 a season after typical costs.
- ₹1,450 2022
- ₹1,400 2023
- ₹2,330 2024
- ₹2,000 2025
Prices are usually best in December.
Typical costs are about ₹1.4 lakh an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.