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 310 mm it can use in a normal year (220 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 (outside its best range)
- Jan 32 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 33 °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.
- 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.
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):
- NPK Mixture 43%