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. Priced from mandis across your state.
₹1.3 lakh–₹2.0 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹46,000–₹1.1 lakh an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 8/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough, even in a dry year.
Needs about 420 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 5,210 mm it can use in a normal year, and 4,120 mm in a dry year.
Heavy rain here can waterlog it. Grow it on raised beds or land that drains well.
Temperature
Grows best at 20–27 °C on average, and survives 7–35 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 24 °C / 18 °C
- Jul 24 °C / 18 °C
- Aug 24 °C / 18 °C
- Sep 24 °C / 18 °C
- Oct 23 °C / 15 °C (outside its best range)
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Tomato: 8 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
- Many fields here are short of nitrogen, which it needs a lot.
- Many fields here are short of potassium, which it needs a lot.
- Most fields here are short of copper.
Likes pH 5.5–6.8.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 65 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 ₹2,525 a quintal across mandis in your state.
This week: about ₹2,500 a quintal, the middle of 3 mandis in your state (latest 11 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹77,000 a season after typical costs.
- ₹1,950 2021
- ₹2,700 2022
- ₹4,150 2024
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 ₹85,000 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.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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Short of copper Your soil is likely short of copper.
Mix 2 kg of copper sulphate per acre into the soil 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.