Ash Gourd
Sow in June, harvest around October
This season's sowing time (June–July) is over.
No figures for your district: its government crop records list no area or yield for this crop. Priced from mandis across India.
No yield figures yet to estimate income
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Doesn't suit: Too cold here in this season
- Suits: Soil 8/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough, even in a dry year.
Needs about 370 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 600 mm it can use in a normal year, and 480 mm in a dry year.
Heavy rain here can waterlog it. Grow it on raised beds or land that drains well.
Temperature
Grows best at 24–30 °C on average, and survives 12–37 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 27 °C / 17 °C (outside its best range)
- Jul 25 °C / 17 °C (outside its best range)
- Aug 24 °C / 17 °C (outside its best range)
- Sep 23 °C / 15 °C (outside its best range)
- Oct 21 °C / 11 °C (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 sulphur.
Likes pH 5.6–6.8.
How the soil score worksMoney
No yield records for this crop yet.
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).
- ₹1,610 2021
- ₹1,590 2022
- ₹2,000 2023
- ₹2,200 2024
- ₹2,200 2025
Prices are usually best in December.
How to make it work
-
Short of nitrogen Your soil is likely short of nitrogen.
Add about a quarter more urea than the usual dose, in two or three splits. A pulse crop in rotation also adds nitrogen.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
-
Short of sulphur Your soil is likely short of sulphur.
Use single super phosphate instead of DAP, or add about 100 kg of gypsum per acre before sowing.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.