Tomato
Sow in July, harvest around May
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 3 mandis in your district.
₹1.6 lakh–₹2.4 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹71,000–₹1.5 lakh an acre a season
- Needs care: Risky: 5 irrigations short
- Doesn't suit: Too cold in december
- Suits: Soil 9/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain falls about 5 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.
Needs about 730 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 520 mm it can use in a normal year, and 460 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):
- Jul 28 °C / 18 °C
- Aug 28 °C / 17 °C
- Sep 27 °C / 14 °C
- Oct 23 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)
- Nov 17 °C / 3 °C (outside its best range)
- Dec 10 °C / -1 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 7 °C / -3 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 10 °C / -1 °C (outside its best range)
- Mar 15 °C / 3 °C (outside its best range)
- Apr 21 °C / 9 °C (outside its best range)
Nights in November can bring frost. When frost is forecast, water the field lightly in the evening.
Soil
Soil for Tomato: 9 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
Likes pH 5.5–6.8.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 98 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).
On rain alone it gets about 71% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 71% of this yield.
Mandi price at last season's harvest (May–June 2026): about ₹2,825 a quintal at mandis in your district.
- ₹2,000 2021
- ₹2,800 2022
- ₹1,900 2023
- ₹3,500 2024
- ₹2,510 2025
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 ₹86,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2024–2026), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.