Ash Gourd

Water

Too dry to grow on rain alone. It would need irrigation.

Needs about 360 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 140 mm it can use in a normal year, and 80 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 23 °C / 12 °C (outside its best range)
• Jul 22 °C / 13 °C (outside its best range)
• Aug 22 °C / 12 °C (outside its best range)
• Sep 20 °C / 10 °C (outside its best range)
• Oct 16 °C / 5 °C (outside its best range)

Nights in October can bring frost. When frost is forecast, water the field lightly in the evening.

Soil

Soil for Ash Gourd: 9 out of 10 (good).

Not in the score: sulphur and boron.

• The pH here suits it.
• Many fields here are short of nitrogen, which it needs a lot.

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.