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. Priced from mandis across your state.
₹1.4 lakh–₹2.1 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹30,000–₹1.0 lakh an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Needs care: Soil 7/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough, even in a dry year.
Needs about 500 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 700 mm it can use in a normal year, and 520 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 31 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
- Aug 30 °C / 24 °C (outside its best range)
- Sep 31 °C / 24 °C (outside its best range)
- Oct 31 °C / 22 °C
- Nov 30 °C / 16 °C
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 70 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 ₹2,500 a quintal across mandis in your state.
This week: about ₹1,100 a quintal, the middle of 43 mandis in your state (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would lose about ₹33,000 a season at typical costs.
- ₹800 2021
- ₹1,340 2022
- ₹900 2023
- ₹1,700 2024
- ₹1,280 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 ₹1.1 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 69% of local fields of this crop get it.
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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.
Few local farmers add it to this crop, so it's an easy place to get ahead.
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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.
Few local farmers add it to this crop, so it's an easy place to get ahead.
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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.
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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.
What local farmers put on it (share of fields):
- Urea Ammonium Phosphate 69%
- Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) 31%
- Urea 31%