Bitter Gourd

Water

Rain falls about 3 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

Needs about 440 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 330 mm it can use in a normal year, and 250 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):

• Jun 35 °C / 24 °C
• Jul 31 °C / 22 °C
• Aug 31 °C / 22 °C
• Sep 31 °C / 22 °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.
• Most fields here are short of organic carbon.
• Most fields here are short of zinc.

Likes pH 6.0–6.5.

Money

Yield: about 39 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).

On rain alone it gets about 74% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 74% of this yield.

Mandi price at this season's harvest so far (October–November 2026): about ₹2,600 a quintal across mandis in your state.

This week: about ₹2,700 a quintal, the middle of 14 mandis in your state (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹14,000 a season after typical costs.

Prices are usually best in August.

Typical costs are about ₹64,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.