Tomato
Sow in October, harvest around February
Still sowing time: sow by the end of November.
No figures for your district: its government crop records list no area or yield for this crop. Sold at 14 mandis in your district.
₹84,000–₹1.3 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹57,000–₹99,000 an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Needs care: Warm in October
- 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 490 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 330 mm it can use in a normal year (240 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 200 mm from the monsoon at sowing.
Temperature
Grows best at 20–27 °C on average, and survives 7–35 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Oct 31 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
- Nov 31 °C / 24 °C (outside its best range)
- Dec 32 °C / 24 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 32 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 32 °C / 24 °C (outside its best range)
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Tomato: 8 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: nitrogen.
- The pH here suits it.
- Many fields here are short of potassium, which it needs a lot.
- Most fields here are short of sulphur.
- Most fields here are short of boron.
Likes pH 5.5–6.8.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 35 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 (February–March 2026): about ₹3,000 a quintal at mandis in your district.
- ₹2,550 2022
- ₹4,000 2024
Prices are usually best in June.
Typical costs are about ₹27,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2024–2026), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.
How to make it work
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Short of potassium Your soil is likely short of potassium.
Add about a quarter more potash (MOP) than the usual dose.
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 boron Your soil is likely short of boron.
Mix 4 kg of borax per acre into the soil before sowing.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.