Ash Gourd
Sow in July, harvest around November
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. Sold at 5 mandis in your district.
No yield figures yet to estimate income
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Needs care: Soil 7/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough in a normal year. Keep one irrigation ready for a dry year.
Needs about 460 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 420 mm it can use in a normal year, and 260 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):
- Jul 36 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
- Aug 35 °C / 25 °C
- Sep 34 °C / 25 °C
- Oct 32 °C / 25 °C
- Nov 30 °C / 24 °C
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Ash Gourd: 7 out of 10 (okay).
- 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.
- 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 last season's harvest (December 2025): about ₹3,000 a quintal at mandis in your district.
This week: about ₹2,000 a quintal, the middle of 9 mandis in your state (latest 13 Nov).
Prices are usually best in January.
How to make it work
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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.
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Short of organic carbon Your soil is likely short of organic carbon.
Add 4 tonnes of compost or farmyard manure per acre before sowing, and plough crop leftovers back in instead of burning them.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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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.
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Short of zinc Your soil is likely short of zinc.
Mix 10 kg of zinc sulphate per acre into the soil before sowing. One dose lasts two or three seasons.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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Short of boron Your soil is likely short of boron.
Mix 4 kg of borax per acre into the soil before sowing.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.