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 15 mandis in your district.
₹1.1 lakh–₹1.7 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹66,000–₹1.2 lakh an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Needs care: Warm in June
- 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 490 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 620 mm it can use in a normal year, and 470 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 31 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
- Jul 30 °C / 24 °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 / 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.
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 this season's harvest so far (October–November 2026): about ₹4,000 a quintal at mandis in your district.
This week: about ₹4,000 a quintal, the middle of 7 mandis in your district (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹94,000 a season after typical costs.
- ₹2,000 2021
- ₹3,000 2022
- ₹3,800 2024
Prices swing a lot from year to year, so income can be well above or below this range.
Prices are usually best in December.
Typical costs are about ₹46,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.