Ash Gourd

Water

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

Needs about 520 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 100 mm it can use in a normal year, and 60 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 40 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
• Jul 37 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
• Aug 35 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
• Sep 34 °C / 24 °C
• Oct 33 °C / 18 °C

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Ash Gourd: 7 out of 10 (okay).

Not in the score: nitrogen and boron.

• Soil here is often more alkaline than it likes.
• Many fields here are short of potassium, which it needs a lot.
• Most fields here are short of sulphur.
• Most fields here are short of manganese.

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 ₹950 a quintal across mandis in your state.

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

Prices are usually best in February.