Tomato farming — season guide: stages, tasks & pest watch

A stage-by-stage guide for growing tomato in India (~120 days) — what to do when, the fertilizer schedule, and the pests to watch. Confirm specifics with your local KVK.

This is a practical, season-long guide for tomato — built from package-of-practice norms. Always confirm doses, products and exact timing with your local KVK / agriculture officer; conditions vary by area and year.

Crop stages

• Nursery (day 0–30)

• Transplanting (day 30–35)

• Vegetative growth (day 35–70)

• Flowering & fruiting (day 70–105)

• Harvest (day 105–120)

What to do, when

• Day 0: Sow tomato nursery

• Day 30: Transplant + basal fertilizer + staking

• Day 50: 1st nitrogen top-dress

• Day 55: Scout for leaf curl / whitefly

• Day 75: N + K top-dress at flowering

• Day 85: Scout for fruit borer

• Day 105: Begin harvest + plan market

Fertilizer schedule (soil-test led)

• Transplanting: FYM + full P + half K + 1/3 N (basal) — 8 t FYM + 50 kg P2O5 + 40 kg K2O — soil-test-led

• Vegetative growth: 1st N top-dress — ~25 kg N

• Flowering & fruiting: N + K top-dress — ~25 kg N + 20 kg K2O — K improves fruit quality

Pests & diseases to watch (IPM first)

• Vegetative growth: Leaf curl (whitefly-borne) — yellow sticky traps, remove affected plants; confirm with KVK

• Flowering & fruiting: Fruit borer — pheromone traps, neem; confirm chemical with KVK

A note on cost & price

Plan your inputs against a budget and track spend as you go. Mandi prices move through the season — check current rates before selling; khetigpt sends price alerts for your district. The figures here are estimates, not guarantees.