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. Priced from mandis across your state.
₹82,000–₹1.2 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹55,000–₹96,000 an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Needs care: Warm in October
- Suits: Soil 9/10
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 500 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 320 mm it can use in a normal year (280 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 / 24 °C (outside its best range)
- Nov 31 °C / 24 °C (outside its best range)
- Dec 31 °C / 23 °C
- 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: 9 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 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 ₹2,925 a quintal across mandis in your state.
- ₹2,550 2022
- ₹3,450 2024
- ₹3,400 2025
Prices are usually best in December.
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 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.