Ash Gourd

Water

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

Needs about 470 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 110 mm it can use in a normal year, and 70 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 28 °C / 16 °C (outside its best range)
• Jul 29 °C / 18 °C (outside its best range)
• Aug 28 °C / 17 °C (outside its best range)
• Sep 27 °C / 13 °C (outside its best range)
• Oct 23 °C / 7 °C (outside its best range)

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Ash Gourd: 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 zinc.
• Most fields here are short of iron.

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.