Ash Gourd

Water

Rain falls about 6 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

Needs about 500 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 210 mm it can use in a normal year, and 130 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 39 °C / 28 °C (outside its best range)
• Jul 36 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
• Aug 34 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
• Sep 34 °C / 25 °C
• Oct 33 °C / 20 °C

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Likes pH 5.6–6.8. We have no pH figures for this place.

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 97 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov).

Prices are usually best in December.