Tomato
Sow in November, harvest around June
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.
₹2.7 lakh–₹4.0 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹2.1 lakh–₹3.4 lakh an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Doesn't suit: Too cold here in this season
- Suits: Soil 8/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough, even in a dry year.
Needs about 600 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 1,560 mm it can use in a normal year (1,100 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 200 mm from the monsoon at sowing.
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):
- Nov 21 °C / 11 °C (outside its best range)
- Dec 18 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 16 °C / 6 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 19 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)
- Mar 22 °C / 11 °C (outside its best range)
- Apr 23 °C / 14 °C (outside its best range)
- May 24 °C / 16 °C (outside its best range)
Nights in January can bring frost. When frost is forecast, water the field lightly in the evening.
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 last season's harvest (June–July 2026): about ₹5,150 a quintal across mandis in your state.
- ₹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 ₹59,000 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.