Ash Gourd

Water

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

Needs about 560 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 120 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 41 °C / 28 °C (outside its best range)
• Jul 38 °C / 28 °C (outside its best range)
• Aug 35 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
• Sep 37 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
• Oct 36 °C / 20 °C

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Ash Gourd: 6 out of 10 (okay).

Not in the score: nitrogen, sulphur and boron.

• Soil here is often too alkaline for it.
• Most fields here are short of organic carbon.
• 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.