Bitter Gourd

Water

Rain is enough in a normal year. Keep one irrigation ready for a dry year.

Needs about 380 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 380 mm it can use in a normal year, and 320 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

Grows best at 22–30 °C on average, and survives 15–38 °C.

Here, in its growing months (day / night):

• Jul 34 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
• Aug 33 °C / 27 °C
• Sep 33 °C / 26 °C
• Oct 32 °C / 22 °C

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Bitter Gourd: 8 out of 10 (good).

• The pH here suits it.
• Many fields here are short of nitrogen, which it needs a lot.
• Many fields here are short of potassium, which it needs a lot.
• Most fields here are short of organic carbon.

Likes pH 6.0–6.5.

Money

Yield: about 33 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).

Mandi price at last season's harvest (December 2025): about ₹4,000 a quintal across India's mandis.

This week: about ₹3,600 a quintal, the middle of 11 mandis in your state (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹61,000 a season after typical costs.

Prices are usually best in February.

Typical costs are about ₹56,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.