Bitter Gourd

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 420 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 630 mm it can use in a normal year, and 500 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 22–30 °C on average, and survives 15–38 °C.

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

• Jun 34 °C / 25 °C
• Jul 33 °C / 26 °C
• Aug 33 °C / 25 °C
• Sep 32 °C / 25 °C

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 zinc.

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 this season's harvest so far (October–November 2026): about ₹3,500 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 ₹64,000 a season after typical costs.

Prices are usually best in February.

Typical costs are about ₹53,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.