Ash Gourd

Water

Rain falls about 6 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

Needs about 500 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 250 mm it can use in a normal year, and 170 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

Grows best at 24–30 °C on average, and survives 12–37 °C.

Here, in its growing months (day / night):

• Jun 39 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
• Jul 35 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
• Aug 34 °C / 26 °C
• Sep 34 °C / 24 °C
• Oct 33 °C / 19 °C

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Ash Gourd: 8 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 5.6–6.8.

Money

No yield records for this crop yet.

Rain gives it too little of the water it needs, so there's no income figure on rain alone: grow it only with irrigation.

Mandi price at this season's harvest so far (October–November 2026): about ₹2,550 a quintal across India's mandis.

This week: about ₹2,700 a quintal, the middle of 99 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov).

Prices are usually best in December.