Cauliflower
Sow in November, 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. Sold at 4 mandis in your district.
₹1.5 lakh–₹2.3 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹79,000–₹1.5 lakh an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 9/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough, even in a dry year.
Needs about 200 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 90 mm it can use in a normal year (50 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 190 mm from the monsoon at sowing.
Temperature
Grows best at 10–25 °C on average, and survives 5–30 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Nov 26 °C / 11 °C
- Dec 20 °C / 6 °C
- Jan 18 °C / 5 °C
- Feb 21 °C / 9 °C
Soil
Soil for Cauliflower: 9 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
- Many fields here are short of nitrogen, which it needs a lot.
- Most fields here are short of organic carbon.
Likes pH 6.0–7.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 91 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 (March 2026): about ₹2,075 a quintal at mandis in your district.
- ₹1,610 2021
- ₹2,480 2022
- ₹1,650 2023
- ₹2,700 2024
- ₹2,100 2025
Prices are usually best in September.
Typical costs are about ₹73,000 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 organic carbon Your soil is likely short of organic carbon.
Add 4 tonnes of compost or farmyard manure per acre before sowing, and plough crop leftovers back in instead of burning them.
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):
- Urea 100%
- Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) 100%
- Muriate of Potash (MOP) 100%